COME...TO ME!

August 20

COME…TO ME!

I ended my devotional yesterday with the following words from Jesus extending the invitation to

“Come unto Me…” and receive rest from weariness (trying to do things without Him.) Matthew 11:28-30

“Present your bodies a living sacrifice, 
holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable act of worship. 

Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind

that you may prove what is that good, acceptable and perfect will of God.”

Romans 12:1-2

This invitation from Jesus implies coming to Him would provide a life of Christ-consciousness; a life transformed by the conscious act of renewing of your mind; a holy life consumed in Him; a life of peace, contentment, love and joy.  Christ-consciousness will take the place of self-consciousness!

This is Jesus’ full invitation: 

“Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest.

 Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me;

for I am meek and lowly in heart;

and you shall find rest unto your souls.

For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”

I see and hear an offer that is so hard to believe, but so very intriguing; it sounds like a beautiful fantasy that one only dreams of…and yet it is so inviting.  I see and feel Love in its most engaging way, as if Jesus is saying “come and have an affair of the heart with me that will be the most fulfilling and permanent relationship you will ever have!”  It is becoming so “yoked” that I am unconscious of anything but the ecstasy of Love.  This yoke is like being joined in an embrace ~ a Hug!  TRUE LOVE is always unselfish and unconditional and can ONLY come from GOD.  God’s conditions seem hard, but the benefits are everything one ever dreamed of and the perfection of happy ever after.  So why don’t we accept this invitation?  Because we don’t believe it!

Hear it again…”Come unto Me and get lost in My World, My Life, and no longer be conscious of yourself apart from Me.” ~JESUS

This is beautifully described in Matthew 25:31-46 when the righteous shall say at the judgment:  “When…did we see You as a stranger and took You in?  When did we see You naked and clothed You?  When did we see You sick or in prison and came to You?  And the King shall say:  When you did it unto one of the least of these My brethren, you did it unto Me…Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”

(John 15)  After coming to Jesus; abiding in Him and Him in me; we will do EVERYTHING with Him and unto Him because we ARE His Body filled with His Holy Spirit!  WOW and AMEN…Believe it!

“A new commandment I give unto you,

that you love one another;

as I have loved you,

that you also love one another. 

By this shall all men know that you are My disciples,

if you have love one to another.”

John 13:34-35