Life’s most important questions can be answered by the words from our Lord “Come to me”. Yet, that is the last thing we usually do. Why do you think God allows difficult seasons, delayed answers to prayers, or even trials? Our hearts are filled with little God-shaped holes in our hearts which makes us desire the things only God can give. Satan uses the sinful things of this world to distract us, and our flesh craves these things to fill the void. Satan, manipulates the blessings of God and twists them to harm you not just overnight, but in the long run. Furthering the distraction from God and the continued enslavement of the future generations of your bloodline. Yes, if you think Satan is only focused on you, you are wrong.

Notice how Jesus never says “Don’t do this” or “Don’t do that” he only says “come to me”. He says this because his main desire for your life is for you is to not find the answers in anything else other than him. He is the answer, this builds complete reliance upon him in your life. Do you find yourself going to anything other than Jesus? If so, do not be surprised when God reengineers your crisis again until you surrender to him and be totally reliant on him. In that crisis, you will hear the gentle whisper of Jesus through the Holy Spirit telling you to “Come to me” and you will be drawn to him and changed, personal contact with Jesus changes everything.

The rest that God is talking about is not him telling us that he will hold our hands and sing us to sleep. He is saying that he will get you out of bed, out of the inertia of exhaustion, and out of the state of being half dead while you are still alive. He gives us a new purpose, “a new song to sing, it is a hymn of praise to our God” – Psalm 40:3, and a peace of mind that can only be given from him. You can access this peace anytime you like.