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Thursday 8 October 2009 by Family Ministry

Jesus said, 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. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light...

What motivates you? For those currently seeking employment, this may be a question you have heard more than once recently. But what would you answer? The promise of eternal life? Or what about God’s Love? Are you motivated by God’s promise of prosperity and blessings for you and your whole family? To even begin to see the value of these things can be difficult. Your head may be consumed by so many worries that these promises don’t even seem real.

You’ve got bills to pay, may be you just lost a loved one, you may be worried about your children getting a good education, may be you are worried about finding something to eat today, or perhaps you are scared to be picked on because you don’t have the most fashionable shoes to wear to school. It could be you feel guilty that you haven’t phoned your mother in a long time, may be you are worried a good friend might try to kill themselves, it could be you lost all your savings in the recent financial crisis, or may be you just feel lost. Something doesn’t seem right with your life, but you can’t put your finger on it.

Well, there are some hard truths in the Bible that can seem confronting at first, but the peace that we all seek, can be found in God’s word. This is true. It really is possible to give all your troubles to Jesus.

Jesus said: "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. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)

If this passage has spoken to your heart, then I pray to you not to give up. This is where I come to my reference to the title of this article, keep knocking . I know from personal experience that it can take some time to really understand what all this means and to give yourself up, truly accept Jesus and learn what God’s Love is.

This is a journey that we all have to make, but keep knocking at God’s door because Jesus also said:

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8)

THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED.

AMEN


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