Speaker 1: Good afternoon.
Speaker 1: We are in the season of impartation, of uncommon reception, spirit-led believing, and we are taking it from Matthew 11, 28 to 30.
Speaker 1: This is what the Bible says Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Speaker 1: Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Speaker 1: Jesus is giving an invitation and we'll be looking at three things Number one, the uncommon invitation to all.
Speaker 1: Number two, the invitation to the weary and burdened.
Speaker 1: And number three, finding rest as Christ releases it to us, finding rest in Christ.
Speaker 1: Jesus is saying come to me.
Speaker 1: The invitation is to all.
Speaker 1: Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden.
Speaker 1: The invitation is to all people.
Speaker 1: It is personal and released to all.
Speaker 1: You know, in life things will be easy sometimes and you will enjoy your moments, but that will not always happen.
Speaker 1: There will be moments when things will not be working the way you would expect them to be and you will be weary, you will be burdened, you will be having pressure, you will be having challenges.
Speaker 1: This is part of this life.
Speaker 1: Jesus is giving this uncommon invitation to all people.
Speaker 1: The invitation is open.
Speaker 1: The invitation is personal.
Speaker 1: Jesus is not giving reference.
Speaker 1: Jesus is not giving reference to alternative sources of finding help or finding peace or finding rest.
Speaker 1: If it is somebody with a financial problem, probably Jesus would have said go to the bank.
Speaker 1: If it is somebody with an emotional problem, he would have told them go and see the therapist.
Speaker 1: But Jesus is giving this invitation, and giving this invitation to all people, all people, everyone.
Speaker 1: Jesus is able to handle any situation, any condition.
Speaker 1: He is God, he is all-knowing, he has all the wisdom, all the knowledge, all the understanding.
Speaker 1: He can handle any situation.
Speaker 1: Therefore, he is giving the invitation to all, to you, to me, to all of us.
Speaker 1: In John 6, 37, the Bible says those who come to me, I will not turn them away.
Speaker 1: Jesus is saying come to me, I will not turn you away.
Speaker 1: There is no problem too big for him.
Speaker 1: He's able to handle it.
Speaker 1: In Jeremiah 33, he says call unto me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things that you do not know.
Speaker 1: He's telling us to call unto him and his promise is that he will answer.
Speaker 1: Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and it shall find Knock and the door shall be opened unto you.
Speaker 1: Jesus is saying he is willing to minister to us at our very points of need.
Speaker 1: The invitation is to all.
Speaker 1: Secondly, jesus is giving the invitation to two categories of people.
Speaker 1: He is talking about the weary and the burdened.
Speaker 1: Jesus is concerned about your weariness.
Speaker 1: Jesus is concerned about the burdens you carry.
Speaker 1: You know we all have situations we are going through.
Speaker 1: Probably it is a financial situation, probably it's a family situation, probably it is a health situation that is causing you to feel weary.
Speaker 1: Weary.
Speaker 1: Who is this person who is feeling weary?
Speaker 1: Weariness has to do with a person who is tired of toiling, a person who is struggling, a person who is stressed, stressed out either by business, by family, by the economy or by the situation around their lives.
Speaker 1: This is a weary person and Jesus is giving them that invitation to come.
Speaker 1: The second category are those who are burdened, loaded by situations pressurized by physical circumstances surrounding them, probably sickness, probably depression, emotional, mental situations, economic.
Speaker 1: All these are conditions that will make one feel burdened.
Speaker 1: Probably you have a loan that you are due to pay, probably your rent is due and you don't know what is going to happen.
Speaker 1: Jesus is saying come to me those who are weary and burdened, and his promise is that he'll give us rest.
Speaker 1: In Philippians 4, verse 6 and 7, the Bible says Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, present your request to God, and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus.
Speaker 1: Jesus is saying in Matthew 6, 25, you should not worry.
Speaker 1: Do not worry about what you eat, what you drink, what you wear.
Speaker 1: Jesus has already sorted you.
Speaker 1: And finally, the last point Jesus is telling you you will find rest.
Speaker 1: Come to me and you will find rest.
Speaker 1: The promise here is that that, are you burdened?
Speaker 1: Are you worried?
Speaker 1: Are you concerned about your situation?
Speaker 1: Are you anxious?
Speaker 1: Jesus is giving you an invitation, which is an uncommon invitation, to the weary and to the tired, to those who are feeling the pressure of life.
Speaker 1: Jesus has given a promise that you find rest, and find rest in him.
Speaker 1: In verse 29, he says take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Speaker 1: He's saying there you will find rest for your souls.
Speaker 1: May you find rest and find rest in Christ.
Speaker 1: And, importantly, during this season of impartation, of uncommon reception, jesus has prepared a table, a table of finding rest in him for those who are weary and burdened.
Speaker 1: And the invitation is to all May you find rest in Christ during this season and may God richly bless you.
Speaker 1: Shalom, shalom.