Matt. 11

Possibly the greatest description of our loving Shepherd, Christ Jesus, is found at the end of chapter 11. “Come unto Me … I will give you REST.”

You experience rest when the job is done and you are tired. You experience rest when you KNOW you are truly safe. You experience rest when all is right between you and your superiors. You can rest at the end of a race or trial.

Christ IS our rest. He said HE would give true rest to our souls. This is a distinguishing difference between worldly folks and Children of the Kingdom. We are at rest. We are not consumed with our own strivings to be acceptable to God. Through the blood of Christ which did all the heavy lifting, our Heavenly Father sees us as completely righteous.