"Come, Wait, Go" (Three Important Biblical Verbs) Matthew 11:28; Isaiah 40:13a; Matthew 28:193/28/2021 Matthew 11:28; Isaiah 40:13a; Matthew 28:19
Verbs are action words. They are important in the Bible, for the Bible is a book of action. The Bible not only tells us about God, it tells us to be active for Him. There are certainly more than three verbs in the Bible, but three of its more important verbs are found in the three text listed above. Matthew 11:28: “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” The first important use of the verb “come” is that we come to Jesus for salvation. According to the Bible, Jesus is the only source of salvation, so people must come to Him to be saved. Matthew 11:28 tells us that we come to Jesus for rest. This does not mean that when we come to Jesus for rest that we will be able to sit and do nothing. Matthew 11:29 says, “Take my yoke upon you.” Yokes are used for work. This means that our work for Jesus will not be a burden. We can enjoy serving Jesus and be rested while we do it. In John 10:10, Jesus said, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”Jesus came to us in order to give us abundant life, and we must come to Him in order to have the abundant life that He promised. What did Jesus mean by “abundance”? Among other things, He meant that through Him, we have the abundance of God’s blessings in our lives. I know that I can attest to that, and I hope that you can too. Isaiah 40:13a: “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength…” The promise of Isaiah 40:13a is that when we wait upon the Lord, He will renew our strength. We get tired and irritable when we impatiently try to do God’s work in our own time. The main point here is that God strengthens us while we wait. Psalm 27:14 also tells us about the importance of waiting upon God: “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say on the Lord.” While we wait on God He is giving us the inner strength that we will need to serve Him. When we wait upon the Lord, we learn to live by His timing. It is difficult for us to understand, but God’s timing is not our timing. We must learn to wait on the Lord and He will bring to pass what will be best for us in our lives and in our service for Him. A salient point to make here is that when we wait on the Lord, we are equipped to serve Him. Jesus promised this in Luke 24:49: “And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you, but tarry (wait) in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” Christ’s disciples were to wait for the power of the Holy Spirit, and He would equip them to do what they had been called to do. It was important that they wait for God to act. If they hadn’t waited, we might not have had the great movement of the Spirit at Pentecost. Matthew 28:19a tells us to, “Go ye therefore into all the world…” As it is important to wait on God and His timing, it is equally important for us to go when He tells us to go. He told His disciples, and us, to go into all the world. Jesus has called all believers to be missionaries where they are and in all the world. We cannot personally be missionaries in all the world, but we can witness where we are and give in order for others to go “unto the uttermost part of the earth.” We are to also go where people are hurting. Isn’t this what Jesus did in His earthly ministry? If we really want to be like Jesus, we must get out of our comfort zones and go where the needs are. It is also important that we go to God in prayer. This is where we get the strength to go into all the world and to those who are hurting. We should constantly go to God in prayer in order to be ready to go and do His bidding. We need to take these three verbs personally. Come to Jesus; wait for His timing and go when He calls. Bro. Joe
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