Matthew 11:28 is usually a verse from which the gospel is preached, but should we, as
God’s people, apply it only to the unsaved? No, there is much in verses 28, 29, and 30
for us to meditate upon and by faith lay hold on and apply to our own hearts that we
might receive a blessing.

This is a day when God’s dear people are laboring, troubled, and heavy laden over
many things. In these verses a blessed invitation goes forth from the lips of our blessed
Lord:"Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden." We must confess we are
included in the "ALL YE." This being true, what are we to do? Are we to say, "Lord,
we are not troubled"? "We do not need help"? "We can get by on our own strength"?
No, I am sure not one of us can answer Him thus. Then let us just heed His invitation
and come with our cares, our trials, our burdens, and then see His promise fulfilled to
us:"I WILL GIVE YOU REST." Have we faith to believe this? Certainly you will
agree He is able. He has given us rest from our burden of sin. Now we can trust Him
to soothe our troubled, cumbered minds; then we can better worship at His feet, and
adore Him, the One who has done all to bring us into happiness.

"Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:AND
YE SHALL FIND REST unto your souls." Oh, what a promise! Oh, what healing to
the burdened, troubled mind. What balm to the soul of those who by faith lay hold and
act upon this precious verse. No doctor can dispense such medicine. Only the Great
Physician can give relief in these days. May we not be stubborn. May we come and
find rest unto our souls. Truly we can say He is a very present help in time of need.
We need to just cast all our cares upon Him, for He careth for us.

We can only learn of Him by reading and studying His Word. A child at school, in
order to make progress, not only reads but must study and enter into the subject in its
fullest sense. We grow in grace and in the further knowledge of Him by studying the
subject, and what a subject_ "the love of God for us."

In Job 14:1 we read, "Man that is born of a woman is of a few days, and full of
trouble." Christ knowing all this, and knowing that we are unable to better that
condition, comes on the scene with help and invites troubled ones to come to Him for
rest. Will we pass it by? Help He can give. Help He will give. It is all for the taking of
it by faith.

When we act on our own desires, without even looking to Him to seek His guidance,
we labor in vain. Peter, in John 21, says, "I go a fishing," and he goes. He toils all
night but his labor brings no results except a worn-out condition after a very toilsome
night. But the Lord is watching and at an opportune time comes in (what a Deliverer!)
and Peter receives a blessing. Truly, when He comes in, all is well. It is now morning,
the Light has dispelled the darkness, the net is cast, and a hundred fifty-three fish are
brought in. Truly, He "daily loadeth us with benefits" (Psalm 68:19). We do not read

of Peter being burdened now. It seems as if Peter is just enjoying that perfect rest from
labor as he sits and dines with our Lord. Oh, what peace and rest He gives us as He
feeds us with His words. MAY WE LEARN OF HIM.

Jesus said to Martha in Luke 10:41, "Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many
things." Notice verse 42:"Mary hath chosen that good part." And in verse 39 we read,
"And she [Martha] had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and HEARD
HIS WORD." Here is the secret. Mary had chosen that good part, and for how long?
ETERNITY. "Which shall not be taken away from her." She heard His words. She was
a learner. "Take My yoke upon you, and LEARN OF ME, . . . and ye shall find REST
unto your souls." May God give us, as never before, to heed the invitation and find
sweetness as did the Psalmist in Psalm 23.

"BEHOLD HOW HE LOVED HIM" (John 11:36)

WHO
He loved me, the Father’s only Son;
He gave Himself, the precious spotless One;
He shed His blood, and thus the work was done.

LOVED
He loved_not merely pitied, here I REST;
Sorrow may come, I to His heart am pressed;
What shall I fear while sheltered on His breast.

ME
Wonder of wonders, Jesus loves me;
A wretch, lost, ruined, sunk in misery;
He sought me, found me, raised me, set me free.