The Unforced Rhythms of Grace

“Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.” (Matthew 11:29, The Message)

Christ speaks these words while talking about coming to him for rest.  "Learn from me" ("Learn the unforced rhythms of grace," The Message), he says.

 

In grace striving is useless and unnecessary.  Christ did the work, we can take off the yoke of self-righteousness; the ever present need to redo what Christ already did, and rest in Christ's easy yoke, rest in the rhythms that come from understanding that our doing is only in response to delight in the One who saved us by his blood.  Will the burden be difficult at times?  Certainly.  Will it be inconvenient?  Most of the time.  We have Christ's promise that what he lays us on, as our master, will not be "heavy or ill-fitting."

So we rest in the unforced rhythms of grace.