"When walking through the rural roads of India, you will occasionally come across a post with a sturdy shelf about shoulder height. These posts are called Soma Tonga, which means 'resting place.' As people travel on foot, they can stop at a Soma Tonga and place their heavy load on the shelf for relief. Once rested, they can continue their journey.
One can easily see why Christians in India call Jesus 'My Soma Tonga.' "
Published in Mchenry's " Stories for the Soul"
While you are traveling the dusty roads of life have you experienced the rest that only Jesus can give to you? Isn't it time that you rested from every burden and worry? I'm inviting you to come to Jesus right now and give him your burdens and hurts. He loves you so much more than you will ever understand.
Jesus said " “Come to me, all of you who are weary and over-burdened, and I will give you rest! Put on my yoke and learn from me. For I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matt 11:28-30
Part of resting in Him is truely trusting Him to take care of you no matter what the circumstances are that you are being faced with.
When David speaks about Jesus he says, ‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; moreover my flesh will also rest in hope, because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption. You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of joy in your presence." Acts 2:25-27
To whom did God swear that they should never enter his rest? Was it not these very men and women who refused to trust him? Yes, it is all too plain that it was refusal to trust God that prevented these men from entering his rest. Hebrews 3:18-19
I know it might be hard to face what your going through right now and your circumstances might look very hopeless right now but if you simply give Him your burdens and fears and rest in His love for you you will begin to experience that precious peace that surpasses all understanding. A peace and rest that only He can give you.
Do not rest the weight of your confidence on the transitory power of wealth but on the living God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment. Do good and be rich in kindly actions, be ready to give to others and to sympathise with those in distress. Your security should be invested in the life to come so that you may be sure of holding a share in the life which is permanent. 1 Tim 6:17-19
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Sometimes its only when we come to end of ourselves that we are able to let go and LET GOD do His work in our lives. Have you ever considered that maybe he wants you to feel overwhelmed so you will stop looking to your own abilities and start looking at the Greatness of our God? The early apostles felt what your feeling right now.
"At that time we were completely overwhelmed, the burden was more than we could bear, in fact we told ourselves that this was the end. Yet we believe now that we had this experience of coming to the end of our tether that we might learn to trust, not in ourselves, but in God who can raise the dead.
It was God who preserved us from imminent death, and it is he who still preserves us. Further, we trust him to keep us safe in the future, and here you can join in and help by praying for us, so that the good that is done to us in answer to many prayers will mean eventually that many will thank God for our preservation. 2 Cor 1:8-11
Even Jesus and the apostles needed time to rest. " The apostles returned to Jesus and reported to him every detail of what they had done and taught. “Now come along to some quiet place by yourselves, and rest for a little while,” said Jesus, for there were people coming and going incessantly so that they had not even time for meals." Mark 6:30 When was the last time that you went away to rest ? Sometimes you just need to get away from the hustle and bustle of people around you and find a quiet place that only you and the Lord know about.
Now since the same promise of rest is offered to us today, let us be continually on our guard that none of us even looks like failing to attain it. For we too have had a Gospel preached to us, as those men had. Yet the message proclaimed to them did them no good, because they only heard and did not believe as well. It is only as a result of our faith and trust that we experience that rest. Hebrews 4:1-2
There still exists, therefore, a full and complete rest for the people of God. And he who experiences his real rest is resting from his own work as fully as God from his. Hebrews 4:9
Let us then be eager to know this rest for ourselves, and let us beware that one misses it through falling into the same kind of unbelief as those we have mentioned. Hebrews 4:11 So brace up your minds, and, as men who know what they are doing, rest the full weight of your hopes on the grace that will be yours when Jesus Christ reveals himself. Live as obedient children before God. Don’t let your character be moulded by the desires of your ignorant days, but be holy in every department of your lives, for the one who has called you is himself holy. The scripture says: ‘Be holy, for I am holy’. 1 Peter 1:13-16
Be patient, my brothers, as you wait for the Lord to come. Look at the farmer quietly awaiting his precious harvest. See how he has to possess his soul in patience till the land has had the early and late rains. So must you be patient, resting your hearts on the ultimate certainty. The Lord’s coming is very near. James 5:7-8
One can easily see why Christians in India call Jesus 'My Soma Tonga.' "
Published in Mchenry's " Stories for the Soul"
While you are traveling the dusty roads of life have you experienced the rest that only Jesus can give to you? Isn't it time that you rested from every burden and worry? I'm inviting you to come to Jesus right now and give him your burdens and hurts. He loves you so much more than you will ever understand.
Jesus said " “Come to me, all of you who are weary and over-burdened, and I will give you rest! Put on my yoke and learn from me. For I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matt 11:28-30
Part of resting in Him is truely trusting Him to take care of you no matter what the circumstances are that you are being faced with.
When David speaks about Jesus he says, ‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; moreover my flesh will also rest in hope, because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption. You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of joy in your presence." Acts 2:25-27
To whom did God swear that they should never enter his rest? Was it not these very men and women who refused to trust him? Yes, it is all too plain that it was refusal to trust God that prevented these men from entering his rest. Hebrews 3:18-19
I know it might be hard to face what your going through right now and your circumstances might look very hopeless right now but if you simply give Him your burdens and fears and rest in His love for you you will begin to experience that precious peace that surpasses all understanding. A peace and rest that only He can give you.
Do not rest the weight of your confidence on the transitory power of wealth but on the living God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment. Do good and be rich in kindly actions, be ready to give to others and to sympathise with those in distress. Your security should be invested in the life to come so that you may be sure of holding a share in the life which is permanent. 1 Tim 6:17-19
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Sometimes its only when we come to end of ourselves that we are able to let go and LET GOD do His work in our lives. Have you ever considered that maybe he wants you to feel overwhelmed so you will stop looking to your own abilities and start looking at the Greatness of our God? The early apostles felt what your feeling right now.
"At that time we were completely overwhelmed, the burden was more than we could bear, in fact we told ourselves that this was the end. Yet we believe now that we had this experience of coming to the end of our tether that we might learn to trust, not in ourselves, but in God who can raise the dead.
It was God who preserved us from imminent death, and it is he who still preserves us. Further, we trust him to keep us safe in the future, and here you can join in and help by praying for us, so that the good that is done to us in answer to many prayers will mean eventually that many will thank God for our preservation. 2 Cor 1:8-11
Even Jesus and the apostles needed time to rest. " The apostles returned to Jesus and reported to him every detail of what they had done and taught. “Now come along to some quiet place by yourselves, and rest for a little while,” said Jesus, for there were people coming and going incessantly so that they had not even time for meals." Mark 6:30 When was the last time that you went away to rest ? Sometimes you just need to get away from the hustle and bustle of people around you and find a quiet place that only you and the Lord know about.
Now since the same promise of rest is offered to us today, let us be continually on our guard that none of us even looks like failing to attain it. For we too have had a Gospel preached to us, as those men had. Yet the message proclaimed to them did them no good, because they only heard and did not believe as well. It is only as a result of our faith and trust that we experience that rest. Hebrews 4:1-2
There still exists, therefore, a full and complete rest for the people of God. And he who experiences his real rest is resting from his own work as fully as God from his. Hebrews 4:9
Let us then be eager to know this rest for ourselves, and let us beware that one misses it through falling into the same kind of unbelief as those we have mentioned. Hebrews 4:11 So brace up your minds, and, as men who know what they are doing, rest the full weight of your hopes on the grace that will be yours when Jesus Christ reveals himself. Live as obedient children before God. Don’t let your character be moulded by the desires of your ignorant days, but be holy in every department of your lives, for the one who has called you is himself holy. The scripture says: ‘Be holy, for I am holy’. 1 Peter 1:13-16Have you made Jesus your "Soma Tonga" today ?
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