Summer is finally here! Summer has always meant that somehow time slows down. The days are longer and we seem to run on a looser schedule. We don’t have the demands of school, homework, sports, or extracurricular activities. We spend more time with our family than any other time of the year. We take vacations to the beach and spend time at the pool. We sit outside as the day turns to night listening to the frogs and crickets while watching the lightening bugs. Summer is a time to relax and recharge, a season when all the busyness seems to disappear.
Satan wants us to be busy and tired because this is when we are most vulnerable to his deception. When we are constantly living with no rest, it makes us tired physically and spiritually. It’s hard to fight against temptation, it’s easier to sin, it’s easier to dwell on ungodly thoughts, and Satan knows this. God made our bodies for rest. Even He rested after creating the world.
So, I encourage you to find time to rest and recharge yourself this summer. While spending time with family and friend is great, it is just as important to spend time just you and God. Jesus came to be our Sabbath – our resting place. Jesus says in Matthew 11:28-30, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” I pray that you can find true rest, rest in Jesus, this summer and that rest will carry on past the summer.
May 30, 2018
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