“Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis.” – Matthew 11:28 (TPT)
We always feel that we have to be rid of our heavy burdens
before going to Jesus, but Jesus is calling you to Him just as you are, a weary
burden bearer.
Jesus’ “Come to Me” isn’t meant for other people, it’s meant for you.
He sees you spiritually, physically and emotionally dehydrated and is offering
you to be refreshed by Him as your oasis in a parched life. He wants you to
come to Him with your real life, unpretentious.
“Come to Me” with your problems
“Come to Me” with your stress
“Come to Me” with your busyness
“Come to Me” with your grief
“Come to Me” with your tight finances
“Come to Me” with your hungry belly
“Come to Me all who have everything under control” is not
the offer. If you have it all figured out then good for you, ignore the call.
The rest of us weary people will go to Him. Of course I’m just joking. Jesus’
call to come is open to everyone.
Every one of us is carrying a burden of some kind; a burden
of being depended on, a burden of listening to a friend’s problems, a burden of
care, a burden of your own making – we are heavy laden with this and that, holding
on to burdens like a ship carrying precious cargo and still we wonder why we’re
so exhausted all the time.
Beloved, stop waiting to come to Jesus, His invitation is
for right now and Lent is a great time to accept it. Jesus is telling you to
come to Him as you are – come with your mess. He is telling you to come and unload
your burdens on Him, whatever those burdens might be, even those invisible
burdens that you don’t realize you’re carrying. Jesus is longing to refresh
your whole life, the only thing He wants from you are your burdens.
“Come to Me”, I come to You Jesus, weary, carrying heavy
burdens that I can’t keep holding. I give them all to You. I release every one
of them now. Thank You for relieving me of these burdens, for refreshing my life
and for being my oasis.
Amen †
Shelley Johnson “Come to Me” ©2026 March 5, 2026
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