Is Your Walk With Christ Lacking Delight?

Our Sunday School class (along with several others) is doing the Bible study "Follow Me" by David Platt. One of the questions we will be looking at this week is: "Is Your Walk With Christ Lacking Delight?". So we must ask ourselves, is it? I feel like most of us could answer yes to this either now or at some point in our walk with Christ. Is this how it's supposed to be? Matthew 11:28-30 says:

 "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you 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."

 

As I read this, I asked myself, is this how I feel, has this been my experience, a light yoke? Looking back over the last year, I would say no. It has been one of the hardest times in my life. I didn't know tired before having a kid! I have also been very busy at work and trying to build a house and move. Exhaustion - that's how I would describe my state over the past year. I really have no right to complain, I have been so blessed, but am I even enjoying those blessing? Does exhaustion sound like rest for the soul? No, of course not. David  explains "The curse of superficial religion is the constant pressure to do outward things apart from inward transformation, and it's exhausting.  

 

So what's missing? In John 10:10 Jesus says, "...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."  They is followers of Christ, so that's me - am I living the abundant life?

At times I have had rest for my soul and abundant life, but not daily - which is what Christ intended, he didn't say "sometimes you will...". So what am I missing? I think the key is in the first part of Matthew 11:28, "come to me". Jesus calls for us to come to Him in total surrender and take His yoke, not give Him lip service then continue to try to run our own lives. TOTAL SURRENDER. SUPERNATURAL REGENERATION.