Week Six: Come to Me

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. —Matthew 11:28

Do you know what true rest really is? Often, we picture rest as stopping our activity or escaping reality, but Jesus offers something far greater than physical relief—He offers rest for our souls! The weariness He addresses is not just from long days or hard work, but from the inner burden of striving, guilt, fear, and self-reliance.

And notice Jesus doesn’t say, “Fix yourself first,” or “Carry your load a little longer.” He simply says, Come to Me. Real rest is found not in doing less, but in coming closer—laying our burdens at His feet and trusting Him with what we were never meant to carry alone. When we come to Christ, He replaces our exhaustion with His peace, our heaviness with His grace, and our restlessness with the quiet assurance that we are safe in His care.