1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. We're glad to have you 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 2: listening with us. Today's topic is about longing for rest 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: and help when you're feeling overloaded with having to make 5 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 2: the right decisions. We'll return with the devotional after a 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: brief message from our sponsors. When you long for Rest 7 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 2: written and read by Cindy mcmanumon and he said, my 8 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. 9 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:54,279 Speaker 2: Exodus thirty three, fourteen English Standard version. Do you ever 10 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 2: get tired of trying to solve all consuming problems by yourself? 11 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 2: It's inevitable at time to lie awake at night, running 12 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: through the options in our minds and deliberating about what 13 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: the best decision might be, and then wondering if that 14 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: really is the best decision or direction. I was there recently, 15 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 2: unsure about my next step. I had a number of 16 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 2: options in front of me and didn't want to overlook 17 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: God's best for what looked easier or more attainable. For 18 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 2: a moment, I felt paralyzed. 19 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 3: God, what should I do? I prayed aloud. I feel 20 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 3: so alone and lost in this. As soon as I 21 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 3: mouthed the words, I was convicted by the realization that 22 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 3: I am never alone. God's presence goes with me everywhere 23 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 3: I go. He knows all about my situation, and he 24 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 3: already sees the solution, and he is leading if I 25 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 3: will just follow. I wonder if Moses at one time 26 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 3: could relate. When Moses was charged to lead the Israelites 27 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 3: into the land of Canaan, he was uncertain of his 28 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 3: next step too. Jas was hesitant because he believed the 29 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 3: stubbornness of the Israelites would cause the Lord to decline 30 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 3: going up to the land with them. I wonder if 31 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 3: Moses momentarily thought he was on his own, did he 32 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 3: feel panicked or paralyzed. Scripture tells us in Exodus thirteen, 33 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 3: verses twelve and thirteen that Moses said to the Lord, 34 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 3: see you say to me bring up this people, But 35 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 3: you have not let me know whom you will send 36 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 3: with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, 37 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 3: and you have also found favor in my sight. Now, therefore, 38 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 3: if I have found favor in your sight, please show 39 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 3: me now your ways that I may know you in 40 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 3: order to find favor in your sight. God's reply to 41 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 3: Moses in verse fourteen was short and sweet, my presence 42 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: will go with you, and I will give you rest. 43 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 3: That was all Moses needed to hear and know God's 44 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 3: presence would be with him, so we didn't need distress, orry, 45 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 3: or fear. God had the next step and the next 46 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 3: one after that, and God would give him rest. Rest 47 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 3: from feeling he had to do it on his own, 48 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 3: Rest from having to make the correct decision, Rest from 49 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 3: the burden, the pressure, the obligations, and the fear of failure. 50 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 3: How many times have I feared a situation because I've 51 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 3: forgotten that not only will God go with me, but 52 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 3: his presence has already gone before me. How was this 53 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 3: situation of mine any different? God would go with me 54 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 3: and he would give me rest. As Moses implied, God's 55 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 3: presence and his rests are evidence that I know him 56 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 3: and He knows me and has taught me his ways. 57 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 3: Intersecting faith in life, our knowledge of God and trust 58 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 3: in Him is evident in how we respond to difficulties 59 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 3: and certain crossroads in our lives. Will we worry, stress 60 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 3: or quietly rest in His leading? Can you trust, regardless 61 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 3: of what your situation looks like, that God knows you, 62 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 3: He is intimately familiar with your situation, and His presence 63 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: is going with you in your circumstances to guide you 64 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 3: and get you through. Can you rest not lie awake 65 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 3: at night trying to figure it all out? Because God 66 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 3: already knows how to get you to where He wants 67 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 3: you to be. Today, I will not be worried, stressed, 68 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 3: or fearful because God's presence goes with me and he 69 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 3: will give me rest. His rest means no anxiety, no confusion, 70 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 3: and no second guessing what I should have done. He leads, 71 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 3: he accompanies me. He provides peace and rest, and He 72 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: can provide it for you too. Thank you, Lord God, 73 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 3: that your presence goes with us everywhere we go. Thank 74 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: you for the assurance that you are familiar with all 75 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 3: of our circumstances and all of our fears. We praise 76 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 3: you today that your presence means peace and rest. For 77 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 3: further study see Matthew eleven, Verses twenty eight and twenty nine. 78 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 3: And for a closer walk with God and daily reminders 79 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 3: to rest in Him, see my newest book, The New 80 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 3: Loneliness Devotional, Fifty Days to a Closer connection with God. 81 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to today's devotional. If you liked what 82 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: you heard today, We want to make sure you know 83 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: about our sister podcast, your Daily Prayer. 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