A big, d-e-e-p breath in … and slowly out. “Oh LORD, I needed this moment.” Life can get so full. Even in the presumed slow of vacation, we can fail to rest. Do I need to plan quiet? Quiet with God and rejuvenation? What happens in those moments when rest comes and God blends in? What IS that amazing thing? I have known Him a long time now, and I still can’t explain it. But I do know that it’s real. On page 136 Priscilla writes: Israel was free. They were no longer a slave people. But being officially declared free doesn’t automatically take the slave mentality out of a person’s heart and mind, now, does it? God knew He would need to radically adjust their perspectives in order to get them thinking like people who weren’t slaves anymore. Enter … the Sabbath. Let me ask a crazy question. Are you busy? Is your life full? Are there moments when you even forget what rest feels like? Enter the Sabbath? I started this snippet with a statement of my own condition because this is my third day of vacation. Along the shore I should easily find quiet and rest. Seagulls calling, the cool of ocean spray in the breeze, the waves rhythmically rolling... Rest should come natural, right? Yet I have been compelled to fill every minute with something. Why? So the question of the moment: If God knew the people of Israel needed a reboot to free a mindset mired in slavery, wouldn’t it seem reasonable that if I am in slavery to this contemporary, cram-it-full lifestyle, don't I need a similar reboot? Enter a Sabbath? Consider your freedom. Friday we’ll look at Sabbath. ~ Andi
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