Genesis 2:2
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested [a] from all his work.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested [a] from all his work.
We live in a culture where the idea of rest and resting is almost obsolete, work work work. It seems like the more we work, the more respect we gain. Or we think we are worth something if we are constantly working. We are afraid that if we stop to sit and rest that people will view us as lazy, whats more is the idea of rest is foreign to us, we would not even know how to do it. God did not make us machines, he did not make us to be robots. If we ever want those moments of clarity, those moments of peace...we must learn the discipline of rest....and for some of you it is a discipline.
God is drawing us away to come and sit with him, to come and listen. We are to busy living up to what society wants from us that we often do not hear his wooing. We do not hear the invitation to come sit, rest a while. He longs for us to just be still before him, to let peace consume you..and have a moment of clarity.
Alright so must of us our not running for our life...but track with me. Elijah had been on the run for quite a while..without rest. He was so tired and beside himself that he sat under a tree and told God he wanted to die.
Even though we aren't running for our lives, there is a correlation. We go and go and go without stopping. Then we just drop..we get dramatic..life starts falling a part..we forget to eat...and we just want to give up. We want to jump of the life train and hide, its because we are not resting, we are not resting in the Father.
Notice that when Elijah finally did stop running and sat under the tree, God sent angels to minister to him, they brought him food and water, and he rested. Then we was able to continue on his journey for 40 days.
Beloved when we stop, and rest and let the Holy Spirit minister to us we can handle so much more. We can handle the stress of life, and the difficulties. We have to stop...sit under the broom tree, and realize that He has it all under control. So stop what your doing!!! Rest before the Father...let him give you strength, strength that will sustain you...and then go on in strength.
God is drawing us away to come and sit with him, to come and listen. We are to busy living up to what society wants from us that we often do not hear his wooing. We do not hear the invitation to come sit, rest a while. He longs for us to just be still before him, to let peace consume you..and have a moment of clarity.
1Kings 19
"2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them."
"2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them."
3 Elijah was afraid a]">[a] and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors." 5 Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep.
All at once an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat." 6 He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.
7 The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said, "Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you." 8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God."
Alright so must of us our not running for our life...but track with me. Elijah had been on the run for quite a while..without rest. He was so tired and beside himself that he sat under a tree and told God he wanted to die.
Even though we aren't running for our lives, there is a correlation. We go and go and go without stopping. Then we just drop..we get dramatic..life starts falling a part..we forget to eat...and we just want to give up. We want to jump of the life train and hide, its because we are not resting, we are not resting in the Father.
Notice that when Elijah finally did stop running and sat under the tree, God sent angels to minister to him, they brought him food and water, and he rested. Then we was able to continue on his journey for 40 days.
Beloved when we stop, and rest and let the Holy Spirit minister to us we can handle so much more. We can handle the stress of life, and the difficulties. We have to stop...sit under the broom tree, and realize that He has it all under control. So stop what your doing!!! Rest before the Father...let him give you strength, strength that will sustain you...and then go on in strength.
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