"..."Come aside...and rest a while.""
Mark 6:31 NKJV
Check out Jesus' life in the gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; and you'll see He sets us an amazing example. He was so controlled, even under extreme criticism. He never wavered from following God's plan.
The good things in life aren't always the right things, and that's hard. You might be chasing after something that God wants you to leave, or vice versa. So how do you know what God wants? Follow Jesus' example, and get away! (Luke 4:42). Go to a deserted place, and meet with the Lord. Now, that doesn't mean you have to go and sit in your little brother's sandpit in a heatwave; it just means a quiet place to think, pray, refuel and listen to God.
It's easy in the busy-ness of life to get carried away doing everything at 100mph. We treat our brains like a Ferrari, thinking they're at their best when they're fastest. Everyone around you might tell you that time is money; and the devil loves that. If he can keep us so busy with life, surrounded by crowds and noise with no time to think, we won't be spending that quality time with God, which is what he wants.
Jesus turns the tables on the rest of the world, and says 'come to me' So will you? Will you stop, get away from it all, and check that you have been saying yes to the right things, according to God?
06 April 2009
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