Sunday, February 14, 2010
Jesus said, 'Come to me all you who are labour and heavy laden, and I will give you rest'.
He invited everyone who felt the burdens of life, of sin and of sorrow to come to Him for peace.
'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.'
In taking on Christ's work and agenda, in gentleness and humility, we find true rest and release - from striving and straining in anxiety to grasp at things for ourselves, from contention and competition with others in the workplace, from stressing and fretting over every test or challenge along the way.
As Elisabeth Elliot wisely put it, 'the heart which has no agenda but God's is the heart at leisure from itself'.
'Seek first his kingdom, and these things (food, clothes) will be given to you as well'.
My heart needs to desire what Christ desires.
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