An Open Invitation
God has given everyone an open invitation to be His child.
He never said you had to be of a certain race, nationality,
color, creed, denomination, sex or status. There’s not one
thing that would exclude you, but there is one thing that you
do have to admit to being. That is a sinner who wants to be
free of the weight it brings. If you are that person or knows
someone who is, tell them about this special offer that never
expires. It’s an invitation that once it is accepted, the party
will last forever!
People who don’t want to accept this invitation will remain
lost as far as their eternal life goes. Some people however
are quite happy being in the world. It gives them the freedom
to sin even though they don’t realize it. It’s a fact there will
always be hard times in everyone’s life, whether you’re
saved or not. God invites us to give Him our heavy loads of
worry when these things happen. If not, you will never be
able to carry them around alone.
Jesus invited everyone to be free of their burdens and give
them to Him when He said, “For My yoke is wholesome,
useful, good-not harsh, hard, sharp or pressing, but
comfortable, gracious and pleasant and My burden is light
and easy to be borne.” Matt. 11:30
A yoke is a heavy wooden object that was put around the
necks of oxen to pull the wagons and do the field work. Our
yoke which are our worries is compared to this because
they are heavy and burdensome around us too. Jesus said
that to all who take His yoke will find it wholesome. It will be
good for you. It’s useful because it will take away the
heaviness of the one you are trying to carry alone. His yoke
is not harsh or hard or pressing, that is because He said it
was light. It’s the absence of the heavy one you may now
have. He also describes it as comfortable. You won’t notice
any more heaviness in your heart. This makes it gracious
and pleasant. He makes a point of telling all who take His
yoke will find it easy to carry. Why on earth would anyone not
want to take up that invitation? The weight and worries of
this world are heavy and getting heavier all the time. But
since Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever, His
yoke will always be as He described.
What do you have to do to be invited? God says that we first
must admit Christ to come into our hearts and live there by
confessing all our sins to Him. What if you don’t? Well, then
that’s another story. It’s not a choice that if you want to stay in
the world that you can also gather up the rewards in the
kingdom. God says, either you’re in or you’re out. I give you
the choice of life and death, I would wish that you would
choose life.
“The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Rom. 6:23
Being in the world is being in sin and being in sin will lead
to death for eternity but He promises life everlasting when
you recognize Who Christ is and receive Him.
When God invites you to receive His free gift of grace, He will
begin to change you from the inside out. It’s nothing you can
do for yourself. God will anoint you and then the blessings
will begin to come. It’s important to declare the anointing
and the blessings from God and then make up your mind to
receive them.
God’s grace isn’t meant for us to merely put up with the
heaviness of the world and the yoke it puts on us. On the
contrary, His grace is meant to clean us up. He will start
erasing away all the junk that weighs us down. He throws
out our concerns, our anxieties or feelings of inadequacy.
When we learn to praise Him and recognize what He has
done for us, He gives us that yoke that Christ invited us to
take. Life just starts to look better. Circumstances and
situations will still arise, but we can see them in a whole
new light. Our faith which was given through His grace
starts to grow when we get closer to God. God loves all His
children so much that He wants no one to hurt. He knows
that when we compromise our lives we will never be free.
Christ died for us so that we could arise from the depths of
pain and despair. God wishes that everyone would make up
their mind to hand over all their “junk” and give it to Him.
Be confident that you can do anything without feeling
condemnation anymore.
“I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.”
Phil 4:8
God has given His children dominion over the earth, but
right now Satan is doing a bang up job of leading all his
followers straight to hell. We aren’t included in that clique.
Satan wants to tell us that the earth has dominion over us
and he convinces alot of people that this is true.
We know this isn’t true because God gives us an
encouraging word when He said, “Little children, you are of
God (you belong to Him) and have (already) defeated and
overcome them (the agents of the antichrist), because He
who lives in you, is greater, (mightier) than he who is in the
world.” 1 Jn. 4:14
When God promises us something, we can bank on it to be
true. Once we are born again through Christ, we are now
considered His little child, we belong to Him. We have
defeated Satan’s claim on our lives because Christ
defeated him at Calvary. This can’t be changed…ever. When
Jesus said “It is finished” He meant just that. Once we are
saved by faith through grace, then God’s Holy Spirit lives in
us and we become undefeatable! But for the man who
doesn’t beleive this will always be under Satan’s heavy yoke
of sin and condemnation. He will forever be helpless.
If Jesus already defeated Satan, then why would we ever
want to hang onto the things that keep us bound in sin and
death? It would be a shame to waste the gift that Christ paid
already with His blood.
If you receive this invitation, just know that one day you will
be invited to the biggest bridal feast that was ever given. You
will be a prized guest when you get to sit with Christ in
heaven. This is one invitation that is well worth giving up all
material things in order to gain a life of eternity with Christ
one day. I no longer fear dying because I know I don’t belong
on this earth and my real life is awaiting me all because I
accepted God’s invitation to join Him.
It’s a wonderful thing to realize that the power of Christ
within you is greater than the pressures of trouble around
you. As Jesus said to Paul as He was walking on the water,
“Come”. It’s informal but right to the point. He’s telling you
also to just, “Come”. Come as you are!
If you haven’t been invited yet, open up your heart and ask
God to forgive you of all your sins. Tell Him you accept His
Son Christ to be the Lord and Savior of your life and that you
submit your ways to His ways. Let Him know that you
believe that Christ died, and rose again to save you. If you
mean it, you will get that invitation of eternal life. You will be
born again! You can expect your invitation immediately after
you’ve prayed this prayer!
Vivian Gordon writes inspirational and spiritual articles
in which to help strengthen the Believer’s walk in Christ.
They are often taken from today’s point of view and
used in conjunction with what God says about certain
situations and how we are to handle them. There is
always an answer for every problem. These articles are
not all about asking God “why?” but in finding the
answers.
