Billy Graham Devotional 5 September 2025 – Rest for the Weary
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Topic: Rest for the Weary
Come unto me, all ye that labor… – Matthew 11:28
Jesus had a great deal to say about labor. He knew that a laboring man needs rest and recreation. We Americans have Labor Day—a day in which the wheels of industry stop and the entire nation is reminded of the tremendous contribution that labor has made to the American way of life. Jesus Himself was a laboring man. In His biography we are told that He was a carpenter. Wouldn’t you like to have been able to spend a day in Joseph’s little shop and to watch Jesus use the hammer and saw? Sometimes we forget that Jesus was human as well as divine. He had calluses on His hands. If the chisel had slipped and cut His fingers, His blood would have been red and warm like ours. He knew what it meant to work long hours, to come in at night tired and weary.
Prayer for the day:
Remembering Your labor here on earth helps me to realize that all work is sacred if done as unto You, Lord Jesus. Help me to rest so that, refreshed, I may seek to please You in everything I do.
Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.
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