Title: A Loving and Compelling Invitation
Text:
Matthew 11:28-29 (ESV)
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 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.
Observation:
This is an invitation that is too real to reject; as opposed to those that are too good to be true. When evaluating an invitation, you must consider the source. This invitation comes from the heart and lips of Jesus. Consider what the Word says about Jesus; why would you not trust in Him?
Hebrews 1:1-5 (ESV)
1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?
I don’t know about you, but as for me, I believe in Jesus; O for faith to trust Him more. Lord, I delight to accept your invitation.
Prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I delight to accept the invitation of Your darling son to come to Him. Father, I came to Him for salvation 64 years ago, and I delight to live in His presence as long as I have life and breathe. O, what a day it will be when I behold Him face to face when I transition to my heavenly home.
Father, I am walking in the footsteps of Jesus, trusting in Him with my whole heart, and offering this prayer to You in His name, Amen.
This is the hymn the Church was singing when I accepted the invitation to come to Jesus for salvation 64 years ago; I trusted in Him then, I trust in Him more today. I have been sometimes unfaithful, but He has always been faithful. The chorus touched me then; this verse touches me now.
“Thou the spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me;
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heaven but Thee?”
Source: http://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn.php/h/1054#ixzz2sYtaQoYA
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Psalm 119:105 (HCSB)
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.
Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.
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