Christ's Invitation

The following is based on a chapter of Desire of Ages, written in my own words

Cast your cares upon Jesus
Whatever your worries and trials may be, spread your case before the Lord in prayer and He will help you sort it out. He will open a way to untangle yourself from any difficult and embarrassing situation. The weaker and more helpless your recognize yourself to be, the stronger you will be in the Lord's strength. Blessed relief is found in casting all our worries and cares upon Jesus, our Burden Bearer.

Serving God, Yoked to Christ
Christ calls us to wear His yoke, in other words, to unite ourselves with Him in service to God. This yoke is God's law and it will not be burdensome as long as we are yoked to Christ, depending on His strength and wisdom instead of our own. Christ bore this yoke Himself in humanity. He said,  “I delight to do Thy will, O My God: yea, Thy law is within My heart.” Psalm 40:8. "I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.” John 6:38.

Self-denying love
It was out of love for God, zeal for God's glory, and love for us that Jesus came down here to suffer and die for our sins. Jesus calls us to live by this same principle of self-denying love. Notice how people tried to tempt Jesus to save Himself from the cross, but He refused because if He did so, we would've had no hope of forgiveness and favor with God. Jesus said "the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." He meant what He said and He did it, all in love for us. If we would believe in God's love for us, all our worries and fears would be dismissed.

Removing the yoke of worry
Many are burdened by a load of care because they're trying to live up to the expectations of others. Jesus wants them to remove this yoke of bondage. Worry is blind and cannot see what the future holds, but we can confidently hold on to the hand of Jesus who knows the end from the beginning. For every difficult situation, He has a way prepared to bring relief. Make service and honor to God your priority in life and you will have all you need.

Learning of Christ's meekness
Enter into the school of Christ, learn from His meekness. Learning of Him, being restored into His likeness, is the process by which we are trained for heaven. Learning from Him means being emancipated from ideas and habits learned from the kingdom of darkness. The soul must be delivered from all that is opposed to loyalty to God.

Surrender and peace of mind
Christ's heart was in perfect peace because in it was in perfect harmony with God. He was so focused on His mission to save souls, He never worried what others thought of Him. He was never elated by the praise of others nor did he ever feel put down by disapproval of others. No matter how much opposition or cruelty was done against Him, He was of good courage. If we would so surrender ourselves to God, we would have this same peace of mind. It is the love of self, depending on self, that destroys our peace.

Blessing others, giving God the glory
When we are born again (by faith in Christ), we will have the mind of Christ who humbled Himself so that we may be saved. When our will is surrendered to the will of God, and we use His gifts to bless others, we shall find life's burden light. Every good gift comes from God, we can do no good work of ourselves. It is God who works in us the will and the doing of His good pleasure. When we understand this, we will not be competing for positions or doing things to get noticed. When we shine, the glory goes to God alone.