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Day 34, 3-27-23

“Couldn’t You Use a Little Rest?”

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

Have you ever noticed how quickly our lives become overwhelmingly busy? Starting Monday morning (almost instinctively), we fall into a hurried schedule of school or work, complete with its additional requirements of homework and deadlines. Around this schedule, we juggle time to read our Bible and pray. We volunteer for organizations we deem important. Or perhaps we agree to help our cousin, or someone else, move into their new apartment (that always seems to be on the second floor). Then, we struggle to fit into our schedule the physical exercise our doctors tell us we need. Somewhere in there we crowd in “quality time” with our families and friends. Whew… and all this from Monday to Friday. It is no wonder then, that by the end of the week, we are so weary of our busy schedules, and that we are so loaded down with the burdens of our every day lives. Can you imagine how overwhelming it would be if we had to pile week after week of this weariness, and these burdens upon each other?

But then comes Sunday. God’s Grace is never-ending and we don’t have to carry this burden week after week. God knows that on our own, we are not able to sustain this burden. That’s why he tells us, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.” Certainly, this promise applies to our lives Monday through Friday, yet, at no time do I feel the fulfillment of this promise more than on Sunday. Whether you chose to go to the altar at the front of the church, or whether you create an altar in the pew where you sit, when you enter God’s house, your burdens begin to lift. Why? Because by entering the house of God, or if you are unable to do so, by setting aside dedicated time for the Lord, you have invoked God’s promise. You have come before God. God’s promise is clear. It says that when you come before him, he will give you rest. He may not lessen your burden. And, you will still have to head back into the world after Sunday and face those problems, schedules and pressures,. Still he keeps his promise and gives you rest. – I encourage you to claim this promise in your life. Couldn’t you use a little rest from your schedule?

Roxie De Santiago

NBC Worship Team Singer