Rest is the weapon God gives us to combat busyness. Because busyness can easily steal our time from God, and the enemy loves that…for he wants us to be busy, distracted, and immersed in “doing”. Sure, doing good for others is a vital part of calling yourself a Christian…but doing just for the sake of doing is not. When busyness replaces rest, we’ll quickly find ourselves burnt-out, anxious, and joyless. This has been a hard lesson for me to learn…mainly because I’ve always had a hard time saying “No”. But with age comes wisdom, and I’ve been able to clearly now see that my busyness was only a trap set by the enemy to keep me from focusing on God’s Will, and distracting me from the basic priorities of God and family. So there needs to be a balance between action and stillness…with the realization that our quiet wellbeing can only be found within God’s rest. (Matthew 11:28)
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