Come to Me
37 Days Until Easter
Matthew 11:28–30
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
This passage has always been personal for me. If you walked into my house and looked at my bathroom mirror, you would see this verse taped to it. It has been there for years. I first put it there during a season where everything felt incredibly heavy. It was in the middle of the pandemic, there were a lot of unknowns, and it felt like I was trying to carry more than I was built to hold. This verse became a daily reminder that I was not meant to carry it all on my own.
But over time, my understanding of this passage began to deepen.
At first, I saw it as an invitation to bring my burdens to Jesus because life felt overwhelming. And that is absolutely true. But as I continued to sit with it, I began to realize something else. There is actually something good about feeling a weight that is too much for you. Not because the weight itself is the goal, but because it reveals your dependence. It brings you to a place where you recognize that what you are stepping into cannot be sustained by your own strength.
I have come to desire that.
I do not want to live my life in a way where everything I am doing can be accomplished on my own ability, my own planning, or my own strength. I want to take steps that require the presence of God. I want to walk in a way where if He does not show up, it does not work. Because that is the place where dependence becomes real, not just something we talk about, but something we live.
And that is what Jesus is inviting us into here.
“Come to me.”
Not come to a better system. Not come to a more efficient way of managing your life. Come to Him. The promise is not that the weight disappears, but that it is carried differently. That in walking closely with Him, learning from Him, being aligned with Him, what once felt crushing begins to shift.
Because you are no longer carrying it alone.
There is a difference between a life that is overwhelming because you are trying to hold everything together, and a life that requires God because you are walking in step with Him. One leads to exhaustion. The other leads to dependence. And in that dependence, Jesus says you will find rest for your soul.
Not because everything around you becomes easy, but because you are finally carrying it the way you were meant to.
Prayer
Lord, thank You that I do not have to carry life on my own. Teach me to come to You daily, not just when things feel heavy, but as a way of living. Help me to walk in a way that depends on You, trusts You, and learns from You. Let my life reflect a need for Your presence in everything I do. In Jesus’ name, amen.