Have you ever noticed how you can take a vacation, and then spend the next week at work resting up from your vacation? Don't get me wrong, we had a wonderful time. But vacation is not rest in the sense of Sabbath.
Mark Buchanan, in his book The Rest Of God, makes the statement that leisure gets in the way of Sabbath. We're not talking about the day called Sabbath, whether that is Saturday or Sunday. We are talking about resting as Jesus said in Matthew 11:29: 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.
Learning to rest in Christ is a daily thing. There is discipline involved as we take His yoke which is made for two, and we pull with Jesus in the way Jesus chooses, in the direction Jesus chooses and for the purpose Jesus chooses.
You see, He does all the hard work. We simply follow His leading and pull with Him. I am just beginning to realize all that Sabbath can mean in my life.
I want to encourage you to take this journey, too. Discover Sabbath in your own life. In the meantime, I have some resting to do...in Jesus. But I promise to give more insights on this at a later date.
Red Green used to say, "Remember, I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together." But I will say to you, "Remember, pull with Jesus. He's in this with you." And He came to give you rest, not physically, but rest for your soul.
Learning to rest in Christ is a daily thing. There is discipline involved as we take His yoke which is made for two, and we pull with Jesus in the way Jesus chooses, in the direction Jesus chooses and for the purpose Jesus chooses.
You see, He does all the hard work. We simply follow His leading and pull with Him. I am just beginning to realize all that Sabbath can mean in my life.
I want to encourage you to take this journey, too. Discover Sabbath in your own life. In the meantime, I have some resting to do...in Jesus. But I promise to give more insights on this at a later date.
Red Green used to say, "Remember, I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together." But I will say to you, "Remember, pull with Jesus. He's in this with you." And He came to give you rest, not physically, but rest for your soul.
