Finding Rest For Our Souls

Finding Rest For Our Souls

The whole world is heavy laden with many worries driving them to the pit of despair. Furthermore, anxiety, stress, and a multitude of other psychological problems are driving the world to the brink of global destruction and even mass suicide. For many years the world has sought to cover up these problem with drugs for every little conceivable physical or mental issue, which have created even greater pain caused by unrealized side effects. The counselor’s offices are full as the whole world has learned how to trust in psychology to solve their multitude of problems. These problems have increased tenfold because of the recent wars, the horrific weather patterns, and the unchecked lawlessness in every area of society. Although many world religions struggle to help their followers, unfortunately, most realize that they cannot bring real change to them and humanity as a whole. As the world turns away from trusting in God exclusively their burdens will only grow heavier and heavier driving them into a deeper pit of despair, to the depths of total darkness, and Satanic influence. As I survey the suffering and confusion in the world my heart is breaking.

Well, here comes Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, allowing His chosen children to see what has been hidden from the rest of the world. Those who come to Jesus Christ, know that He is the Son of God, who can give rest to those who are heavy laden from the many problems of this world. This was the driving force behind all of the Apostles who traveled the known world preaching the Gospel. They had experienced, firsthand, the resources given to those who had been called into the Kingdom of God through faith. It led the Apostle Paul to write, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13). Many times in the fallen world, especially in dealing with dispirited people always seeking to tear us down, there is great encouragement knowing that Christ is always with us, building us up in His magnificent love, and showing us that we can do all things through Him. Cruelty in the world can also cause many psychological wounds causing some even to seek suicide to escape the trauma edged on by the powers of darkness. The Apostle Peter also faced many difficulties in his life. Still, he was wholeheartedly convinced that everything was given through the indwelling Spirit to overcome every physical and mental health problem facing every believer allowing them to walk in all godliness. “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” (II Peter 1:3).

Now, let’s take a step back to understand how to effectively integrate this information into the life of the believer. Jesus Christ immediately understood the problems facing humanity. With His perfect foreknowledge, Jesus understood their pain, their dilemma, and especially their bondage to Satan. Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). All of these wonderful promises spoken of earlier are only available to those who come to Jesus. We must believe that it is only Him that can give us true rest from our labor and the excessive burden causing us untold physical and psychological problems. This rest spoken of by Jesus is the peace that defies understanding, which opens the window to incredible joy and even heavenly bliss. Yet, this cannot be obtained unless we completely trust in Christ exclusively to give us all the solutions for our problems for all of life. Unfortunately, many in our day want the solution to their problems without making a commitment to Jesus to trust Him alone. Unfortunately, we even have many believers who want to put their trust in both the world’s remedies and also in solutions given to us by Jesus Christ. We simply cannot expect anything from Jesus if we have one foot in the world and one foot in the Kingdom, which is lukewarm Christianity.

So, how do we come completely to Jesus? Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (Matthew 11:29). This is a most amazing verse in Holy Scripture for it teaches us the truth that was completely foreign to the world at the time and unfortunately even foreign to many believers living in our day. Not unlike the First Century when Christ taught His disciples, legalism had invaded both the world and the church. We live in a day where problems are solved by following a recipe or a ritual of things to do or not do. The Pharisees living at the time of Christ were experts of legalism by continually adding traditions to the law, which is not too unlike the Catholic Church of our day. Unfortunately, this kind of teaching only adds to the burden. Psychology has also followed the same path by producing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) with all the problems and its so-called solutions, with secular counseling and drug therapy. Jesus said take my yoke upon you, learn from me. Yes, Jesus knew that through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit the Holy Scriptures would be written with over 127 commands in the New Testament alone, but His way of teaching them would be completely different from the fallen world.

Jesus said, learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart. Jesus was saying I have a completely different way of teaching you than the fallen world. The first step is to come to Jesus alone. To be totally committed to His teachings knowing that they would lead us to find rest for our souls, which includes the whole self, body, mind, and spirit. After we trust in Jesus Christ alone to teach us everything we need to know, then we are ready for the second step. Faith must always come first otherwise we are wasting our time and will never find rest for our souls. Now, for the second step. Jesus Christ will gently take us by the hand and lead us on an amazing journey that will last for our entire life on planet Earth. He will not hand the 127 commandments to us from the New Testament and tell us that we must immediately memorize them and put them into practice. However, He will immediately begin the transformation process in our lives by growing us from one degree of glory to another. We learn how to let the indwelling Spirit teach us in His time the things we must stop doing, putting off the old life, and the things that we need to start doing, putting on our new life in Christ. Here is the amazing thing about your journey, Christ will use the valleys to teach us valuable lessons. He will use our daily reading of the New Testament scriptures to burn a new lesson into our hearts. He will use other believers to teach us things that Christ has already taught them.

When we do this, my friends, then we will have taken Jesus’s yoke upon us allowing Him to make us into a beautiful new creation walking in all godliness. Now, Jesus says, “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:30). This is a beautiful conclusion, allowing us to see the beauty in taking His yoke upon us. As we grow up in Christ by allowing every hardship and every valley to get us back on the path by teaching us valuable lessons, then heaven begins to come into view. We see that our walking with Christ and learning from Him alone is causing us to turn into a very happy and blessed soul. We begin to understand that it is no longer difficult. We begin to realize with great joy in our hearts that our burden is light. Then we begin to feel the amazing peace that defies understanding as we experience heavenly bliss. So, now we join Jesus Christ teaching others how to come to Christ and put all of their trust in Him alone. All the counsel, all the teaching, and all the preaching, unfortunately, fall on deaf ears until they learn to put their trust in Jesus alone to solve all their problems by making them into a beautiful new creation. Dear children, as we face uncertain days with another category 5 Hurricane bearing down on the United States and World War III on the horizon, it is more than prudent to have Jesus Christ in our life helping us to overcome the many burdens of this life. In the Spirit, Christ will teach us every moment of every day, “The right thing to do.”

The Gospel Presentation

We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which explains the many difficulties that you are currently facing in your life. Well, I have good news, God has solved that problem by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin to show us the way to a beautiful new life in Christ. God has dealt with all of our sins past, present, and future by having His son pay the debt for our sins. Jesus Christ willingly went to the Cross in our stead by allowing all of the world’s sins to be placed upon Him as a sacrificial Lamb. As Christ hung on the Cross, the wrath of God was poured out on Him to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ died on the Cross and was buried for three days. On the third day, Christ arose from death to life everlasting. The good news is if we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then we will be forgiven for all of our sins and receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit will lead us into all truth helping us in the transformation process of putting off the old life, allowing the old sin nature to die with Christ, and then putting on our new life in Christ by being raised with Christ to everlasting life. You can accept Christ today by confessing your sins to Him through a simple prayer asking Him to forgive you and make you into a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have done that, then you have just begun the greatest journey of your life that leads to heaven and eternal life. Welcome to the Kingdom.

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