Jesus' Great Invitation - 'Come Unto Me All Who are Weary'

By Chaplain Adele M. Gill, RN, BSN, CC

10/1/2014 (Now)

Serve God by embracing Jesus with both arms.

Have you ever met someone who you just know is a Christian? Of course you have. They are the ones who consistently personify and exhibit abject peace, love, joy, forgiveness, goodness, faithfulness, constancy and steadfastness. They are the ones you turn to when you are hurting, your 'go to' person in times of need. They are the people you know you can trust when times get tough; those who you can share your brokenness, imperfections and shortcomings with. 

When we become humble enough to accept our imperfections and frailties, we become strong in Jesus.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - Sometimes life gets complicated, and we all get bogged down in a myriad of life's challenges. Failing health, protracted disability, aging, job stress, dwindling finances, turmoil in relationships, marital discord. And the list goes on and on. Regardless of the specific challenges you are facing, we as Christians are called to live out the Gospel messages to the best of our abilities, to put aside our plight(s) and to love God and one another without reservation.

Jesus has so much in store for each of us, as Jeremiah 29 tells us in Scripture, that He has a blessed plan for each of our lives - For us to prosper, not for woe. He not only has a plan, but he walks with us through 'learning times' - spent in the Valley of Darkness, every Dark Night of the Soul, and returns us over and over again back into The Light. In that way, growing in faith is the remedy to poverty, infirmity, fear and anxiety, isolation, and feelings of depression in this world.

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The Great Companion, Friend, Healer, Provider, Comforter, Protector, Savior and Lord, Jesus will never interject Himself into your life against your will; rather, He accompanies us through this life through the power of the Holy Spirit, for the asking. The Bible tells us we must simply ask for Him to be with us, and follow His ways to reap the benefits of being a part of His Kingdom right here on Earth. Ever the gentleman, Jesus will never impose Himself on you or subjugate your God-given free-will. Rather, He stands in wait for your outstretched hand in times of need.

All who come to Jesus will be saved.

By prayerfully accepting The Great Invitation of Jesus Christ, 'Come unto me, all who are weary, and I will give you rest.' we open ourselves up to receiving the fruit and the gifts of His Holy Spirit. When we become humble enough to accept our imperfections and frailties, we become strong in Jesus. When reach for His hand in times of need, we reestablish the bond between ourselves and our Savior, re-igniting the flames of the Holy Spirit within. In essence, we become what we seek, and are, thereby, able to serve God by embracing Jesus with both arms, and through reaching out to others in need. Through acts of service, praying, walking in the Word, and growing in wisdom, we are able to exemplify Jesus through our humanity, thereby helping the broken among us heal. 

For to be a Christian is really all about love. In a word, love is how we can readily recognize other Christians. As followers of Christ, Christians are able to humbly bring strength in times of weakness and weakness in times of strength. They are able to look for the silver lining when all seems lost, and shake the dust from their feet when rejected, before moving on. They are able to pray in times of struggle, and dependably, get what they need from God to press on through any circumstance. 

Most of all, Christians know where their security and strength come from. Even in these harrowing modern times, Christians can have awe-inspiring clarity and peace, as they stand for what is biblically good and right, noble and true.

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