Matthew 11:28-30 – Come
to me all 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, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
I
don’t know why but when I read this verse I think of somebody in a hammock on a
nice spring day fishing on the riverbank and sipping on lemonade! Both the
verse and the fishing experience I have just described represent words like
peace, tranquility, serenity, freedom, happiness, love, warmth, and not a care
in the world. Who could turn anything down that had words like that in them? I
wonder why it takes us so long to figure out in life how to get in touch with
what it takes to harness and experience those feelings and the peace that is
offered through the pursuit of Jesus Christ! He just brings us real serenity.
For many years of my life I’ve beat my head against the wall trying to figure
this out. I even called myself looking a few times and I thought I found it!
Sooner or later Cody took the driver’s seat and I was back to beating my head
against the wall.
I
want to make a confession. I am hard headed and stubborn and it’s taken me a
long time to figure out that living a life that pleases me is much harder than
living a life that pleases God. Doing drugs, sinning, lying, cheating, whoring
around and the everyday ins and outs of living like a scallywag is very
exhausting! You try it for 42 years and see if you don’t think that the verse I
mentioned above also sounds like a breath of fresh air! I wonder why we can’t
just see the writing on the wall and do “life” the easy way. Why is it that
when we see clearly we can’t just convince our friends, family, and loved ones
that they are going about things the hard headed way? I don’t know, but I’m
sure glad to have had the opportunity, whatever that may be, to do life the
easy way and follow the call of God on my life.
Prayer: Father
God, thank you for saving me and clearing the fog from before my eyes. I pray,
Father God, that you will be able to
reach all the people of the world who continue to struggle and hang on to their
individual stubbornness. Help them to see that living for you and your purpose
really is much easier and more rewarding. Amen
Random Thought: It’s
probably common for new believers to want to conquer the world and tell
everyone about their new discovery. Some of you may say to me “slow down Leach,
you don’t have to save the world!” I guess I’ve suffered so much and
experienced so much pain and bitterness that I don’t want anyone to continue on
in the direction I’ve been going and because I love people, I am dead set on
“fixing them”. It’s my nature! I know that I can’t do it for them and I’m
learning more about that and what I can do daily! I just hope everybody knows
that the bug I have is the real deal and you will want more of it if you can
get just one good taste!
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