Mt 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
1Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you
Introduction:
Every time God will going to judge a nation or anybody He used an able spokesman. Just like in the days of Noah or in the case of Jeremiah and even in other time of the prophet.
-We are in the last days and it means the coming judgment is near, and who is God’s able spokesman of today? Or God’s mouthpiece or even God’s modern day prophet? Whether you like it or not it is you – soulwinner
Now it is not an easy task. I do believe that it is the hardest and toilsome task to do in this whole planet earth. This is the highest calling.
The Bible says that we an ambassadors for Christ, a royal priesthood, a soldier, a sower, a fisherman, a labourer, a servants, etc.
I. COME
Mt 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
All of us experience weariness especially if you labour for God. God is calling us labourers.. 1Co 3:9 For we are labourers together with God:. Being a labourer is not an easy job. It means hard work, toiling and tiring work and we of course experience to be weary. And here in the passage God has a personal invitation not to all people but to His labourers.
Isa 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
It means it is normal to get weary. But the good news is that God has a solution. Come unto Him.
Come unto Him and pray. Come unto Him and read your Bible.
Maybe you live with a sinful lifestyle – no power.
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
1Jo 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Most of the time the weariness and heaviness that we felt towards the ministry is because we are not really in the center of God’s will – that’s why God has a personal invitation to all of us – just come unto Him.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
1Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you
Introduction:
Every time God will going to judge a nation or anybody He used an able spokesman. Just like in the days of Noah or in the case of Jeremiah and even in other time of the prophet.
-We are in the last days and it means the coming judgment is near, and who is God’s able spokesman of today? Or God’s mouthpiece or even God’s modern day prophet? Whether you like it or not it is you – soulwinner
Now it is not an easy task. I do believe that it is the hardest and toilsome task to do in this whole planet earth. This is the highest calling.
The Bible says that we an ambassadors for Christ, a royal priesthood, a soldier, a sower, a fisherman, a labourer, a servants, etc.
I. COME
Mt 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
All of us experience weariness especially if you labour for God. God is calling us labourers.. 1Co 3:9 For we are labourers together with God:. Being a labourer is not an easy job. It means hard work, toiling and tiring work and we of course experience to be weary. And here in the passage God has a personal invitation not to all people but to His labourers.
Isa 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
It means it is normal to get weary. But the good news is that God has a solution. Come unto Him.
Come unto Him and pray. Come unto Him and read your Bible.
Maybe you live with a sinful lifestyle – no power.
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
1Jo 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Most of the time the weariness and heaviness that we felt towards the ministry is because we are not really in the center of God’s will – that’s why God has a personal invitation to all of us – just come unto Him.
II. CALL
Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
If we are going to analyze the verse, this verse was really a promise to his weary servant Jeremiah. (see v.1&2)
God promise a second visit and He promise an answer to our prayer.
I personally call prayer as my oasis in the wilderness…
(Explain an oasis in the wilderness…)
D. E. Hoste, the man who took over for Hudson Taylor, wrote a book titled Behind the Ranges. He was trying to analyze why the people with whom he lived and worked were not doing very well. But the people in the other village across the ranges were doing great! He visited them only now and then, but they were always doing fine, so he began to ask the Lord what was going on. How could those across the ranges be doing better than those with whom he lived and worked? The Lord showed Host the answer. Although he was spending much time counseling, preaching, and teaching with those whom he lived, he spent much more time in prayer for those across the ranges. He concluded that there are four basic elements in making disciples: 1. Prayer 2. Prayer 3. Prayer 4. the Word of God in that order and in about that proportion.
III. COMMIT
Pr 16:3 ¶ Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
The word commit means to deposit. Just like in the bank if you deposit something, someday you can withdraw something. What are the things that we need to deposit into God’s bank – our works and what will happen – thy thoughs shall be established…
Let us be reminded that we are not doing any man’s work or any personal work. This is God work. We need to do it God’s way and we can only be sure that it is really God that is working if we commit our works to Him.
God must be magnify and glorify in all our works and labour. Not unto us but God must be seen.
It is God who saves man, it is God who can only and truly regenerate man. It is God also who gives an increase.
We are perplexed and troubled sometimes because we thought it is our work. No, we cannot do God’s work because it is God’s work.
Let God do His work. I am just His tool – a poor instrument and unless God do His work cannot accomplished anything. For without me ye can do nothing…
IV. CAST
1Pe 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you
Maybe some here have some cares. Financial, family, ministry, interpersonal, other pressure, love life, etc.
And the devil use these things in order to make you ineffective in your area or other ministry.
But this morning God has a promise for you. 1 Peter. 5:7
to cast means to throw away. Just like a fisherman casting his net. The fisherman after casting his net does not swim to catch fish but he let the fish come into his net and afterward he get the net.
Do you have any care this morning? The Bible says throw it away to God – and God will replace it with a blessings – great and abundant fishes…
Conclusion:
Are you weary or heavy hearted – Remember to drink C4 the spiritual drink of the weary minister’s of God…
COME
CALL
COMMIT
CAST
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