Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am
meek lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your
souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30
1. Come with your burden: Jesus wants you to come
to Him.
Do not go anywhere else. Do not follow any other false
religion or false hope.
“Come to me!” “Come to me!” “Come to me!” – this is
the call of Jesus!
2. Come with your burden: This is the call of the
Lord to all who believe.
Many years ago, Ghanaians did not need visas to go to
England, America and France. All we needed to do was
to buy a ticket and board the next flight to England. There
would be no questions asked on the Ghanaian coast or on the
English, American or French shores. In those days Ghana had
one aeroplane, a VC 10 aircraft, and it cost six thousand cedis for
a ticket to England.
Indeed, Ghanaians, Nigerians, Nigeriens, Togolese, Ivoirians
and all other Africans freely travelled to the western world
whenever they felt like it. However, as time went by, the African
nations that had gained independence in the late fifties and early
sixties became poorer due to the ineptitude of the African leaders
who were completely out of their depth when it came to running
a country.
All currencies lost their values, inflation soared and the basic
essential commodities of life became rare. As their financial
burdens increased and their poverty deepened, Africans decided
to flee the shores of Africa and get as far away as possible from
the incompetent administrators of the African continent.
When the European countries noticed that the burdens of
the Africans had increased and were so poor and needy, they
clamped up their borders and essentially said, “Don’t come here
any more.”
They made new laws especially for the Africans, requiring
them to get visas before coming to their countries. These laws
had not existed before. They were created to keep people with
financial burdens away.
Amazingly, these laws were not applied to other wealthy
countries. They were applied to keep only the poor, the needy
and the burdened away. Indeed, most human beings reject people
who come to them heavily laden with financial or health burdens.
But with Jesus, it is not so. He specifically says, “Come to me
with your burdens and I will give you rest.”
Jesus Christ is not afraid of your financial burdens!
Jesus Christ is not afraid of your health burdens!
Come unto Me all ye that Labour, and are Heavy Laden and I Will Give You Rest
Jesus Christ is not afraid of your sins!
Today, Jesus is saying, “Come with your burdens”.
3. Come with your burden: Jesus is saying to you today,
“Come with your burden of sickness”
Jesus called for blind Bartimaeus to be brought to Him. He
was not afraid of the burden of blindness.
And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called.
And they call the blind man, saying unto him, be of good
comfort, rise; HE CALLETH THEE.
Mark 10:49
4. Come with your burden: Jesus is saying to you today,
“Come with the burden of your sins”
Jesus called for Zacchaeus even though he was heavy laden
with sins.
And when JESUS came to the place, he looked up. And
saw him, and SAID UNTO HIM, ZACCHAEUS, make
haste, and COME DOWN; for to day I must abide at thy
house. And he made haste, and came down, and received
him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured,
saying, That he was gone to be guest WITH A MAN THAT
IS A SINNER.
Luke 19:5-7
