Rest for the Soul

God is not Pharaoh; He does not demand that Christians make bricks without straw.  He has not given His commandments to us to weigh us down with impossible demands.  If reading the Bible or hearing it preached leaves us with nothing but a heavy burden, something crucially important is being missed.  In Matthew 11:28 Jesus offers to give spiritual rest to anyone who will come to Him in faith.  What gives the soul rest?  The previous verse tells us that no one can know the Father unless Jesus reveals Him.  Then Jesus invites all to come to Him and learn from Him in order to find rest.  These verses are intimately connected.  We must learn something from Jesus that gives peace and rest to our souls.  Clearly, it is the knowledge of God that only Jesus can reveal.  Nothing else can give true contentment to the human soul.  We must learn to come to God as the all-sufficient source of everything we need.  And only Jesus can reveal God to us in this profound way.  More on this tomorrow.