Our Lord still calls
all who are oppressed to come
unto Him
and find rest. The Lord bids
all who
are weary to come to
Him and be blessed. His yoke
really
is easy and his burden light.
We find the "higher
place" of the Lord when we
seek a closer
walk, and are willing to take His yoke and burden.
The "higher place" in the Lord
begins with humbling
ourselves in His sight and
letting Jesus be Lord
of our lives. Our Lord is
as close to us as the very mention of His holy name.
To be yoked to the
Lord is to release our earthly
cares unto the
one who will carry them and
give us
his burden for souls,
in exchange for our heavy
burden.
It is to live in fellowship
with the Lord by
obedience, through
love for Him, and
others. Jesus calls
each one of us to a higher
place in Him
that we will only
find, as His Spirit leads the
way. God has
a garden of grace, filled
with his love,
and waits to meet
souls, to give them His
salvation,
blessings, and great love.
Our Savior is meek and
lowly, and has a heart of
compassion
for his children, as well as
those who are
wandering outside the
fold of safety. It is his
desire to
bring them into his rest.
We, who have been
brought into the
shelter of his love, are each
called to share
the salvation message with others.
We are not
responsible for making them
believe the message
or receive it, but it is only
our
calling and duty to
present the message, in spirit
and truth.
The Holy Spirit will convict
open hearts
of the truths of the
Lord. God's word will not
return void,
but will accomplish what He
intends, in
His time and way.
God has a place where
we can meet with Him in prayer
and
it begins within our hearts.
When we let Jesus be
Lord of our lives and of every
part of our
heart, we can go to Him at any
time
and receive help,
comfort, love, and fellowship,
as His child.
He will lead us in right paths
and away from dangers
or oppression, that might come
our way.
He is our Good Shepherd
and our soul can
trust safely in Him. The
world also calls
to souls to follow in the ways it has to offer.
The carnal minded
ways of the world lead to
death but to
be spiritual minded is life
and peace.
One cannot live as the
world on earth and expect to
spend
eternity with the Lord in
heaven.
We have been called
out and are to be 'separate
and set apart'
for God and His service. God's
way is life eternal,
with peace and rest all along
the way.
Choosing Jesus is choosing
life.
May we all seek the
Lord, while He may be found,
stay on
the right path, and let Him
lead us each day.
We have One who
carried the weight of the
world's sins
upon his shoulders. He can surely carry you and
I, when we may grow
weary. There is no burden too
big for
the Lord or no problem which
he cannot solve.
Cast your every
burden upon the Lord, for he
careth for you. Remember,
God's 'garden of grace' is as
close as the mention
of his name. The flowers
always bloom
within God's garden and his
sweet fragrance
fills our spirit with
love, as we delight in His
laws. Thanks to
our Savior for letting us abide in
his presence each new
day. We can have joy
forevermore,
as we abide in Christ and seek
to be pleasing to
Him. The secret place of the
Most High
God is not hard to find. He is there
and when we seek Him,
we will find Him always near.
What a
wonderful thought to know we
can abide under the
very shadow of our Almighty
God!
