Come To Me

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

Stress is the catchall disease of our day. It is blamed for medical conditions and just about anything else that people don’t know how to otherwise explain. Huge sums of money are spent every year to teach people how to live with stress.

Two thousand years ago, a book was written under the inspiration of God the Holy Spirit that purports to have the answers to all of mankind’s needs. Can a book written so long ago really speak to the modern age in which we live? See if Jesus’ words in Matthew 11:28–30 aren’t the perfect invitation to the stressed-out people of our day: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

The invitation, though two thousand years old, is still valid because the basic human need is still the same: people are still weary from the process of living life without God.