Pastor’s Desk

Jesus said in Mat 11:28, “Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest”.

Now, either Jesus was misleading us or we’ve got it wrong somewhere. Because I think we all agree that Jesus really can do anything He said He could and/or would do.

We fail to understand that it is better to roll the lightest burdens at once on God, who is the willing, and the gracious burden-bearer, than carry heavy burdens one’s self to God’s dishonor.

But there is a fundamental problem here, and that is that we really aren’t willing to ‘come to Him’, and if we do it’s conditional on what we want Him to do for us or what we think He’ll want us to do for Him.

And so we come to the point of John 5:40, “you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life”.

I know I’ve recently been on about this to the point of boredom, but it is a very critical issue and one that most Christians miss. We want what Jesus promises but we either don’t want to get too close to Him for fear of what it will cost us, or we feel we can’t get close to Him because of what we are.

Beloved, if Jesus says ‘Come’, I suggest we do just that, and let Him sort it out. Because we can’t do it on our own, it’s just too much to carry – works for me!

Pastor Larry Blackmore