Rules Around Rest

 

When it comes to the concept of REST, how many of us give ourselves the “Pharisee Treatment”?

  • I will rest after…

  • Before I take a rest, I need to…

  • I can’t rest until I…

  • I can only rest at the end of the day/in the morning/when the kids are in bed/when I have a full hour

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We put all sorts of rules and regulations around rest...just like those guys the Pharisees. Jesus didn’t say, “Come to me after you clean the kitchen, respond to that text, answer those work emails, make the bed, decide what to make for dinner, start a load of laundry, when you have an hour to yourself, AND THEN I will give you rest.

No. He simply said: “Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

So decline to give yourself the Pharisee Treatment and just go to Jesus. There are no rules of rest to follow. Just go...whenever and however. And He will give you the rest you need. And believe me, we ALL need the rest that He offers us.

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RestL Rowell