INVITATIONS: COME AND REST

2026-03-22

Charles Billingsley

Matthew 11:25-30

This invitation is a very special one.  Some of the most beloved words our Savior ever spoke. 

It is the invitation to Come and Rest.  

Let’s open it up.  

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. 26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 

28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Modern technology can do a lot of things…but it cannot quiet your soul.

1. What is this invitation for?  

2. Who is the invitation from? 

3.  When is the invitation for? 

This invitation is both:
Timeless 
Timely 

4.  Who is the invitation to? 

28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden,

It is a call that is both:
Personal
Universal 

5.  What is purpose of the event? 

It’s more of a promise than an event. 

11:28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Rest from: 

The burdens of our past – 2 Cor. 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

The worries of our present – 1 Peter 5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

The questions about our future – Hebrews 4:9-10 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

Revelation 14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”

6.  What do I need to wear?

7.  What do I need to do to RSVP? 

29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Galatians 5:1  Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. 26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 

One more question:

8.  Where do we go to find this rest? 

Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Psalm 23:4

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me”

What is this invitation for?
Come 

Who is the invitation from? 
Jesus – only Jesus

When is the invitation for?
Right now

Who is the invitation to?
All of us – the weak and the weary

What is purpose of the event?
To Find Rest 

What do I need to wear?
Come just as you are

What do I need to do to RSVP?
Let down your burdens and take up His yoke.

Where do we go to find this Rest?
In His presence

28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”