I’m reading Matthew 11:28 through 30 this morning and really looking at these three words: come, take, learn.

Jesus is talking directly to those of us in a religious system that is not working.

I remind you of the profound enjoyment and affection that Jesus has for you. You are his favorite. He has such honor for you. He’s not gonna push or barge his way deeper into your life.

I would say also he has such compassion with the struggle that for you, you might consider to be a defining thing between him and you.

It’s not.

His call to you to be with him, to follow him, to learn how to do life with him, I think that’s much more the kind of thing that is on his mind.

He has separated your sin from you as far as the east is from the west, and frankly, he’s not talking about it anymore. It’s been dealt with, everything in the past, everything in the present, everything in the future handled, under the blood, resolved forgiven, expunged.

So maybe here’s something to ask him. If he’s no longer talking about your sin, what is he interested in talking to you about?