Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [29] Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. [30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. “

Reflections..

We sing with our hearts postured to God.. “Who the Son sets free, ohh is free indeed, I’m a child of God, yes I am” We sings these lyrics, and quote scriptures, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Freedom,” But the question begs itself…are we truly free? There’s a danger with launching out into ‘doing’ without knowing Him intimately, first. In the pursuit of ‘doing’ we miss it. It becomes a employer to employee type of relationship, which ultimately comes down to performance.

Pressure, an invisible yoke. Pressure to perform, pressure to do, pressure to keep up… There’s another word more fitting, bondage. It becomes, what can I ‘do’ instead of what He has already done. Everything flows out of an intimate relationship with our Creator. Works has a way of easily becoming track records of “look at what all I have done for You..” It can easily fall into the Social Media trap of…

“How many likes did this post get?”

All of a sudden, it becomes a slippery slope of receiving the praise of man. There’s a difference from doing things out of a healthy relationship and view of God, than trying to get God’s approval from what you do. I’m reminded of Pharaoh in the Bible, and how he was a taskmaster…the work was never ending. There was never any time for rest and being present in the moment with God. It then can become a delusion of, “if I do more, He will love me more.” Nothing we do could ever dictate or influence God’s love for us. As scripture says, “When we were yet sinners, He died for us.” He Chose us, not the other way around. I’ve come to realize the first 5 years of my Christianity was religiosity.. I was completely ignorant to the Love of God, but was locked in on man made systems of tradition. Through it all, God saw my heart posture was pure and desiring to know Him more. The methods, teachings, guidance I received to draw closer to God were tainted. Instead of being still in Him, I dived head first into ‘doing’

Our God is patient..and He is the author and finisher of our faith ❤