There’s a commercial on Pandora with 2 men talking. They want to schedule a time for playing golf the following week but their calendars are so full they need to postpone a bad cut on a hand, a sprained foot is scheduled for Tuesday, the hand is going to be re-scheduled to Wed. It’s a commercial for The Villages Hospital Urgent Care; however, it’s a very true reflection on how our lives are. Whether we follow You Jesus or not we pack our days, our weeks so full; we leave You out of it. Yet, if we are as faithful to keep our time with you as we are a golf date, a lunch date, a shopping date, a doctor’s appointment, etc; we would have more Peace, more Joy, more contentment, more happy marriages, happier children in this world. You have told us in Matthew 11:28-30, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Do you need some "rest for your soul"? Many times my day becomes so busy, my heart becomes heavy, my soul becomes weary. It is at these times, I stop. I seek Jesus out. I ask Him to "give me rest". It is then, I feel the gentleness of my Savior.
I need to return to the basics 1) Spending good, solid time with Jesus every day; 2) Praying—sharing my innermost thoughts, fears, joys, etc.; 3) Listening—shut up so I can hear You; 4) Study the Word of God or about the Word of God. This is how I seek Jesus out. This is how He "gives me rest". This is how I discover how gentle, how loving, how personal, how real Jesus is to me. How do you discover these things about Jesus? How do you find your "rest"?
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