Seize the Moment – Day 1135
Hand in Hand with God!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, April 26.
I don’t know about you, but I am feeling exhausted right now. The more tired I get, the harder I push myself to keep up with my normal workflow and productivity goals. It feels like I have strapped myself into an unceasing tread mill. What happens to you when the pace and expectations you have set for yourself, or others have set for you, are too much to maintain?
The Holy Spirit spoke into this place of my exhaustion with Psalm 37:7-9:
Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
This passage called me to get off the treadmill. I have been guilty, once again, of going for weeks in the hard yoke of success, and I am weary! I find myself simply wanting to take a break from it all, in hopes of finding relief, instead of seizing the moment on the promise of finding rest for my soul (Matthew 11:28-30). Jesus calls us to walk with Him in His easy yoke – to learn from Him how to be gentle and humble in heart. Psalm 37:23-24 promises, “The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way. When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.” God does not call you to work for Him, but to walk with Him, hand in hand!
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 37, meditating upon the invitation of God to find rest in Him. Take a nap. Take a day off. Cancel a meeting. Go for a walk. Rest in Jesus’ easy yoke!
God bless you!
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