| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “What the world needs now” Our Bible verse for today: “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Come to me…” In our sanctuary at Oak Hill Baptist Church, high up in the middle of the center wall, directly behind the pulpit, there is a beautiful stained-glass window with a picture of Jesus with His arms wide open and an inviting look on His face. Below that image are the words from Matthew 11:28, “Come to me…” The wall that window is on faces east and so during the Sunday morning service, as the sun is high in the eastern sky, it shines right through that window lighting it up. We also have a light behind the window that we keep illuminated. The sunshine and the light together cause the image of Jesus to glow. At the end of each sermon, during the time of invitation, as people are walking up the center aisle towards the front, they are approaching this glowing Jesus with His arms wide open to receive them. “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” This morning, we will continue our thinking from the past couple of days about the fact that people all around us are struggling with life issues that are heavy and hard. People are weary and life is weighing them down. Every person you meet has something going on in his or her life that they wish wasn’t there and with which they are struggling. But Jesus wants to give them rest. He wants to help them carry those burdens and to deal more effectively with the issues of life. In the last part of that passage Jesus used the illustration of a pair of oxen yoked together and plowing a field. In every team of oxen there is a lead ox, which is bigger, stronger, and more experienced, and there is a follower ox. The lead ox carries most of the burden and provides all the direction. The follower ox stays next to the lead ox, helps to carry some of the load, and learns from the lead ox. In this illustration Jesus was saying, “Let me be your lead ox. Yoke yourself to Me. Stay close to Me. We will do this together. I will carry most of the load and I will provide all the direction. You just stay close to Me and we will walk through life together.” The people you encounter today need to be made aware of this invitation from Jesus. I encourage you to invite them to Easter Sunday worship service at your church so they can hear the Good News, (see the image of that stained-glass window if they come to Oak Hill Baptist), and find the rest and renewal their souls are so desperately longing for. Jesus is calling, “Come to me…” God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you are reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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Love this! God bless.