Real Rest
“ Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ” Matthew 11 : 28 - 29 NKJV When Jacob lamented to Laban “ …Why then have you deceived me? ” (Genesis 29 : 25), he was beginning to feel the reward of fake rest. Fake rest is filled with unending labour, strenuous demands, and uncomfortable manipulations, until the devil (the giver of fake rest) takes the final pound of flesh. Therefore, the Giver of real rest says “ Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest“. Jacob did respond to the call to come at Jabbok, and anyone today can also come. Unfortunately, those who hide under the arrogance of pride and self deception have always faced the judgement of God. But the real rest from Christ comes with grace to embrace the necessary call for courage, commitment, and consecration in the pathway of righteousne...