Monday, December 31, 2018

Rest


Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

I am the type of person that just goes and goes and goes until I crash.  At which point, I tend to crash hard.  With the holidays, this was no exception.  By the end of last week, I found myself battling a headache and just wore out.  I knew it was time to find rest.  The thing is, we were getting ready to leave for the weekend so I really didn’t have time for resting.  That’s when I came across this verse.  I’ve read it many times before, it wasn’t new.  But it hit me.  Last week we celebrated the birth of Christ, and right after I got super busy with work and getting the house prepared for new flooring.  I was failing to take the time I needed in my devotions and had grown weary and burdened. 

At that point, I stopped and took a little time to find rest in Christ by being in the word.  Thankfully I can look forward to some additional physical rest this next week as I take PTO and spend time with my son who is on his winter break but in that moment, it was the recharge of some scripture that was really needed.

Have you gotten so busy that you have failed to rest in the Lord’s word?  I encourage you today to not let yourself grow too weary.  Remember to go to the Lord and he will give you rest.

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