" REST "

Here we are thrust into another week and it is my prayer that all is well in your camp. This week we are looking into " Rest. " "Come To Me All Who are weary and heavy- Laden, and I will give you Rest " (Matt 11:28). Now we all at times can feel like we have the weight of the world on our shoulders. Now a person may be carrying heavy burdens of sin and maybe weariness in the search for God. Jesus frees people from these burdens. The rest that Jesus promises is Love, healing, and peace with God, not the end of all of our say work stress. Please listen: a relationship with God changes meaningless, wearisome toil into spiritual productivity and purpose. The Bible reminds us that these bodies of ours require rest. When the disciples had returned from their mission, Jesus took them away to rest. Doing God's work is very important, but Jesus recognized that to do it effectively we need periodic Rest and renewal. Jesus and his disciples, however; did not always find it easy to get the Rest they needed. LAST POINT: God has given his chosen people a gift, the opportunity to enter Canaan, but they disobeyed and failed to enter (Numbers 13;14). Now God offers the opportunity to enter his ultimate place of Rest - He invites us to come to Christ. To enter his Rest, you must believe that God has relationship in mind for you; you must stop trying to create it; you must trust in Christ for it; and you must determine to obey him.Today is the best time to find peace with God. Tomorrow may be too late. Until Next Time... Jim