For All Who Are Weary

“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:28-29)

Are you weary?

Tired of feeling like, no matter how hard you try, whatever you do, it is never enough.

It's never good enough for those who you are trying to please. It's never good enough to live up to some standard, or religious works 'trip' imposed upon you by people who are never satisfied, never at rest.

The Hamster Wheel of Man's Performance. 

We expect this from the world. For instance, in the workplace, this is the norm. You have to perform at work. No question.

But in your spiritual life, if you are running on that exhausting hamster wheel of man's performance, if you haven't already, you will burn yourself out, and become resentful, and will bear no fruit of the Spirit in your life.

Every person in God's family is valuable and necessary... not just the so-called 'superstars.'

“The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” (1 Corinthians 12:21-27) 

You do not have to jump through any religious hoops for God to love you. God does not keep a score chart on you, only loving you and being pleased with you to the extent that you "do a great job" and score lots of points for Him. 

God is your Heavenly Father. You are His daughter. You are His son. You are not an "employee" in God's House. 

So stop trying to earn God's favor by working for it. There is absolutely nothing that you can "do" to make God love you any more, or any less. He already loves you fully, totally, and completely, with an everlasting love that you cannot 'undo' by stumbling or failing. 

You cannot get on God's starting lineup by more works or better performance.

So get off that hamster wheel today. 

Stop trying to 'do more' for God and simply allow His love, peace and mercy to flow through you onto others around you, who are lost, hurting and broken. Jesus said:

"Freely you have received, now freely give." 

God's love and grace was a free gift to you, not a "reward." You couldn't and didn't earn it by doing good works, and you cannot keep it or increase it by working harder, or doing more.

For you who have children, can they earn more of your love by working hard, keeping their room clean, or getting better grades?  Of course not.

So, how much more, can you not earn more of God's love by trying to work harder and do more for Him?

To all those who are weary and heavy laden, Jesus says to you; 

"Come to Me...and I will give you rest for your souls."

I need His rest in my soul. 

I'm weary. I can't live up to the expectations of man's worldly standard of performance in my spiritual life.  

Can you?

Just come to Jesus. He loves you.

—God is Love and Love Never Fails.