Depending on Him
Posted by Chris
Each Monday morning we have a department devotional time to start the week off. The subject matter varies from week to week, but it is a good chance to place on focus on Him before we get too involved and wrapped-up in all that the week holds for us.
Richard Dodge, one of the other Internet Producers here, gave the devotion yesterday morning. He was sharing some from a book he had been reading (can't remember the name off hand) and read Matthew 11:28-30: "'Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.'" He said that when we usually think of these verses we look at them as if Jesus is saying, "Come and dump your troubles on me and I will carry them for you." This is only the first part of what Jesus means here. What we miss is that He is issuing an invitation for us to come to Him. He doesn't just pick up and carry our burdens so that we can walk along on our own burden-free. No, He invites us to walk with Him, allowing Him to shoulder the burdens with us. It is an invitation to walk with Him - a 'bid' for time with us, so to speak.
The book Richard had been reading was one on relationships that talks about us 'bidding' on the relationships in our own lives. It might be intentionally holding the door open for someone else just so that you can say, "Hi, how are you doing?" to them. It is the intentional encounters that build relationships within our lives. Jesus does this, too. He desires for us to come and walk with Him, talk with Him, spend time getting to know one another.
I don't believe it's a five-minute walk down to the next corner, although He will take it. He desires a day-long, week-long, month-long (you get the picture) communion with the King of kings. Take some time today to come beside Him and drink Him in - He's waiting for you!
Richard Dodge, one of the other Internet Producers here, gave the devotion yesterday morning. He was sharing some from a book he had been reading (can't remember the name off hand) and read Matthew 11:28-30: "'Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.'" He said that when we usually think of these verses we look at them as if Jesus is saying, "Come and dump your troubles on me and I will carry them for you." This is only the first part of what Jesus means here. What we miss is that He is issuing an invitation for us to come to Him. He doesn't just pick up and carry our burdens so that we can walk along on our own burden-free. No, He invites us to walk with Him, allowing Him to shoulder the burdens with us. It is an invitation to walk with Him - a 'bid' for time with us, so to speak.
The book Richard had been reading was one on relationships that talks about us 'bidding' on the relationships in our own lives. It might be intentionally holding the door open for someone else just so that you can say, "Hi, how are you doing?" to them. It is the intentional encounters that build relationships within our lives. Jesus does this, too. He desires for us to come and walk with Him, talk with Him, spend time getting to know one another.
I don't believe it's a five-minute walk down to the next corner, although He will take it. He desires a day-long, week-long, month-long (you get the picture) communion with the King of kings. Take some time today to come beside Him and drink Him in - He's waiting for you!
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