Come to Me, I Will Give You Rest
At that time Jesus declared, “I
thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden
these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to
little children;”
The Kingdom of God
is for the humble and the simple. This is not to say Jesus wants His
people uneducated, but rather teachable, willing to receive rebuke
and correction, which is an attribute of the wise(Proverbs 9:8). The
Bible (in that verse) even shares with us that the wise person will
love you more when you rebuke them. So it is with children.
Children recognize
they are just discovering this world out. A recent collegiate study
found that young children will ask near 100 questions daily! That is
100 times of admitting they don't know all the answers. Are we still
willing to put ourselves on the spot like this?
For some reason,
the idea is that the older and more knowledgeable one becomes, the
less they need direction,or others, for that matter. The Kingdom of
God is not for such as these. It is for people, whom regardless of
age, recognize that while they may understand some, there's so much
they don't get.
We are called to
be eternal learners.
All things have been handed over to
me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no
one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son
chooses to reveal him.
Jesus is the only
way to God. Jesus is God, there are no substitutes or alternatives,
one must either choose Christ or reject God. We needn't search for a
savior. He has come.
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.”
Coming to Christ
needn't be a tiresome experience that encourages lethargic surrender,
as though we'd been beaten into submission by a higher power, rather
an incredible relief akin to an embrace by a friend long-missed.
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