Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?
Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life.
I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me--watch how I do it.
Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly. (Matthew 11:28-30 MSG)
Have you ever thought about the process that brings us freedom in our lives today? Those who fight for our country, fight in order that we can be free to do as we please and worship who we desire to worship without fear. I wonder if today we can look at freedom as a way that comes through someone else. Sometimes in the free country that we live in, we forget about those who are fighting for our freedom. I wonder, in a spiritual sense, if we forget that God is fighting for freedom in our relationship with him. Freedom from fear, self-hate, family abandonment, busyness, unhappiness, lack of peace, anxiety, and worry, etc.
Are you tired, worn out, or (add whatever is holding you in bondage)? Listen closely today. Jesus is saying to you, come to me, get away with me, and you will recover your life. Take a deep breath. In a sense, freedom is about finding rest in God. The Psalmist talks about taking a real rest. I believe, in the world we live in, rest has become on the back burner. WE NEED REST! Rock back and forth, while you are standing or sitting, and rest in the rhythm of God’s grace for you today. God desires for you to come away with him. Only through coming to Jesus can we learn to live freely and lightly.
IronMaker’s Daily Challenge: Wherever you are create a space to sit in God’s presence today. (Go ahead…really sit down.) I want you to close your eyes. Take deep long breaths in and out. As you sit, know that you are in God’s presence. Listen, think to yourself, hear God saying…your name, come to me, rest. Over and over keep saying that in your mind.
Prayer: Thank you Lord for the freedom of rest that you desire for our lives. Help us to desire to rest more in your presence. Amen.
Rev. Kristina Crabtree
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