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And He
said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and
rest a while.” For there were many coming and going, and
they did not even have time to eat. (Mark 6:31)
I bet
when you read that, you probably thought, "Ya, right. Who has
time for that??" But that is just what we need. For the purpose
of this devotion, I will keep this brief, however, an entire study on
rest could show us in detail how God calls us to rest.
In this
passage, Jesus and His disciples were ministering to people who were
coming and going, and they were so busy, they didn't even have the
time to rest or eat. Jesus called His disciples to come aside with
Him and rest. That's just what they needed. What a word in season!
This
week we are on vacation visiting very dear friends. From the moment
we landed from a delayed and late-night flight, we hit the ground
running. With not enough rest the first night, we trusted God to keep
us strong. We were praying for people and handing out tracts wherever
we went, and busy going from one friend's home to another to enjoy
people we hadn't seen in almost two years. By Thursday, we were
feeling very over tired.
I read
my own Bible study for today and this verse was the one that came up.
Needless to say, rather than getting in the car and heading out to
more activity, we ate breakfast and took a nap. We knew we had to
stop and regroup. Have you been feeling like that lately? In our fast
paced, high demand world, Jesus is still calling us to sit there at
His feet and take time to rest with Him.
We were
not wired to go nonstop. Even the Lord our Creator took the time to
rest on the 7th day after all He had created. He is our example. In
the Bible, Jesus took time to get away and sleep and pray and just
take a break. Well friends, if Jesus could make that a priority,
maybe we ought to reconsider our schedules a bit as well, amen?
Today,
if you feel like you are just overloaded and need to take a quiet
break in the Lord's loving presence, then maybe you can find a way to
put off a few things to do just that - rest. We hope this word brings
you the refreshing encouragement that your soul needs. None of us are
robots. We are human and sometimes we need to just "be."
Be
blessed, refreshed and encouraged dear friend and take the time to
Rest!
May God
bless you as you make it a great week!
Denny
& Hanny Stearns
Fish N
Loaves Ministries, Inc.
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