Our Place of Rest

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

God's plan for our lives calls for total surrender to Him.  The enemy has a different plan.  The enemy uses all the facets of our lives on earth as areas of distraction from our full surrender to Our Lord.  Often our work is the biggest distraction.  Recreation, hobbies and even family activities can be other big areas of distraction for us.  Ironically, the work that we do as a ministry to support the Body of Christ may also become a distraction that keeps us from digging deep into the fount of rest, Jesus Christ. All of these activities can certainly be deemed good and are likely extremely productive.  That is why Satan is so successful in distracting us from God.  Satan entices us to replace God with good things.

Aside from the issue of distraction, Satan weaves in another common hurdle as we pursue good things over God things.  Unfortunately, it can be possible that all the good things that we are pursuing are generating much of the stress and struggles that we face in life.  In an effort to do all these good things, we create time, financial and relationship pressures that burden us.

Oneness with Jesus Christ is the only way for us to successfully balance all that we deal with in life.  Jesus is the fulcrum.  He balances our load by providing the right foundation for all that we do.  When we stay in balance by following the urgings of the Holy Spirit, we can reside in a place of rest and satisfaction unlike anything that the we can derive from our own plans.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for being our refuge.  We bless the name of Jesus for being our port in the storm, our deliverer from our sins, our shield against the enemy and our comforter for all of our cares, fears and sorrows.  We pray, Lord, that You will draw us into full surrender to Your Son, not only in the words of our lips, but in the actions that come from our hearts.  We seek to find the rest for our souls that is only available through Our Savior.  We ask all these things in the name of Our Resting Place, Jesus Christ.