• Matt 11:25-29
• Jesus is talking to the multitudes here and his making some pretty bold statements- he’s saying here- he’s been talking to people who can and will hear him, these people know he’s Father God, and that if they would believe in them they’d have a better life
• Here’s the subtext of this passage-
• The sense of biblical rest is knowing that everything we toil for on this earth is meaningless-
• You can’t enter into the rest of Jesus if you still have one leg in the world and half of your heart in the world
• This is the struggle of man for thousands of years- My favorite book is Ecclesiasties- because it encapsulates so well the idea that only following God satisfies- everything else is pointless
• 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.2 “Vanity[a] of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” 3 What profit has a man from all his labor
• In which he [b]toils under the sun?4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.
• And we, like the writer of Ecc, and these multitudes sitting with Jesus- find ourselves in this same tension at times- will the things of this world satisfy me more than Jesus-
• And if you’re toiling for the things of this world you may find it to be meaningless as well
• Have you ever worked for something, got it and it didn’t satisfy? You still felt empty?
• That’s the ethos of this world- and if you really boil it down- you either pay for an item, an experience or a necessity. That’s about it. And I hope through this covidness that you’ve learned what to value- I hope you’ve learned what you need and don’t need.
• Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.

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