michelle kwan or sasha cohen

Watching these winter Olympics makes me think of being a child. When I was five I was unwaveringly positive that I would one day be one of those competing ice skaters. In my 5 year old mind Sasha Cohen would go out and perform, next up would come Michelle Kwan then I would hit the ice and figure skate with such flow and perfection that I would win the gold of course. I also knew I would fly a plane. I would be an ice skater by day and fly people all over the world at night, (because of course planes only fly at night). I had faith though. One day all the dreams I dreamed would be true. Somewhere along the line life hit. Life hit me hard. Those goals weren’t quite as real and my faith dwindled into a distant hope.

haha sad sad story right. but seriously somedays I wonder if our faith in the Lord is not one bit different. We see His unfathomable grace and mercy in our lives. We realize how dead and sinful we are and how much we need a Savior so we call out. We ask Him to forgive us our sins and come save us. Our joy is full and we are resting in His unchanging grace. Years go by. Life hits hard. We forget the cross. We forget our testimony of grace. We forget His love. We lose faith. Then we read verses like Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest take My yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your soul. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11: 28-30 and we no longer have faith that we can find rest in Him. when I read that sometimes I think, oh that’s nice and find temporary rest in it. But what does this verse even mean? How do we find rest in His yoke and why is it lighter than our own?

I forget what Jesus said before this verse I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Matthew 11:25-27

Just like when I was five years old and had unpenetrating faith that i would be a figure skater. Jesus calls us to have the same faith that He is who He says He is. He is the one who came to take on your burdens. Oh and what burden it was. It was the burden of the sin of the world He who knew no sin was made to BE sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21

I could talk about the verses in Matthew 11 for hours and probably never understand the real riches of all that Jesus was saying. He says that little kids get this, this unique faith that believes beyond question. Believes that the Father sent His son to become flesh for you and to reveal to the world that He is the Savior. It was His “gracious will” to do so. Now that we know this we can come to Him, with child-like faith saying “I am weary and I am heavy laden. I have been striving for years and trying to please you, but I’ve forgotten that Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light.” His yoke and His burden is what He bore for you at Calvary. Jesus paid it all that's why we no longer have to take on other yokes of our own righteous works or be burdened by our inability to please the world or please the Lord. He's pleased with You because He sees His perfect Son when He looks at you. In that we can rest and believe like a little child that our Daddy is a good Daddy and has more steadfast love and graciousness towards us then we can ever fathom. So come to Him…the one who laid down His life for you…He’ll give you rest.

this truth is way better than flying a plane or years of olympic figure skating...