By Pastor Steve Nickodemus
Come Away with Jesus!
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“And he said to them, ‘Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest awhile.'”
Mark 6:31a (ESV)
Do you feel like there is no place to rest in your life? Jesus’ followers felt like that. They had just come back from an exhilarating but exhausting mission trip and Jesus knew that they needed a rest. But when they rowed across the lake to a deserted place, they found thousands of people waiting to see Jesus and them! It appears there would be no rest for them!
Perhaps your life is hectic with no place for rest. Your life is full of good things, perhaps even exciting events, but you desperately need a rest from all the hustle and bustle. And when you seek to find a place to rest, people still come to you for help and support.
What can you do?
The answer to the whirlwind of activity is not found in a vacation or a place of physical rest. Those may be helpful temporarily, but in the end the only One that can give you rest is Jesus. For even when you are in the midst of people and ministry and busyness, Jesus can give you rest. A time alone with Him and His Word is worth a thousand vacations! For He can give you rest for your soul, He can satisfy your deepest longings and pain.
That is why heaven appeals to us who are believers. Not because we won’t have to work anymore, but because there we will see Jesus face to face and be comforted by Him continually. There we will live in praise and joy and peace. Until that time when we are at perfect peace with Him forever, we are comforted by His presence, His rest, His peace, even in the midst of way too much busyness. For in Jesus is our rest. Amen.
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