No wonder Sabbath is such an important concept in Scripture! God knows that we need it and it is a reminder of our need for God!
I have a confession to make, I am not a good rester.
I desire to become a person who knows how to rest well. Not just for my own health and sanity (though God surely had these in mind when he set up the Sabbath mandate) but in order to practice humility. I desire to practice rest (giving my worries to God and accepting renewal, strength, peace and rest from Him) in order to more fully trust God and in order to live a life that communicates "I really need you God" rather than "I don't need rest, I can do this!" In order to communicate to God "I desire to give my struggles to you recognizing that you can give me wisdom and grace to face the, not ignore them."
I want to trust God and show Him with my life that my hope and stability are found in my knowledge of who he is and what he has done not in who I am and what I can do.
God teach me to rest well. Help me to humbly express my need for you in the way I rest. Help me recieve the renewal you desire to offer to those who come to you. Forgive me for my pride, I need you and can't make an impact in this world without your strength and direction. Help me resolve to work on this and give me the humility to remember this lesson often especially in a world that gives value to self sufficent people who pride themselves on how much they can do without stopping.
Praise God for His work in our lives. I pray that I will continually ask God to transform the weaknesses in my life into opportunities to show His grace and strength.
Rest! Sounds nice. I really like your writing! Thanks! See you soon!
ReplyDeleteAMEN, Sister!
ReplyDeleteJust another note- In this America we all need rest just determine is the motive to labor in the Lord as He calls laborers to the harvest or as Paul says he labors for the believers night and day- or is it laboring without Him as the head of your labor- that which goes along with prayerlessness?
ReplyDeleteMary,
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a cool post. Many countries have much more vacation time than we do, or they take a long lunch break each day. We don't value that like we should.
I got your comment on my post about the Weak and the Strong. I actually took a class with Dr. Wecks called "Conflict Resolution in the Church" and we used the book "Free to Disagree." I think the book is a good tool, and, like you said, it helps us understand how frequently we misunderstand the weaker brother concept.
Dan Franklin