1 00:00:01,740 --> 00:00:04,380 Speaker 1: We stop to be reminded of the fact that I 2 00:00:04,420 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: am not God. And I need that reminder so desperately 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,220 Speaker 1: because I can believe that in myself. 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: We are a restless society. We seek after things in 5 00:00:14,290 --> 00:00:18,990 Speaker 2: this world that we think will give us rest. But 6 00:00:19,010 --> 00:00:22,470 Speaker 2: they're just a band-aid. Our true rest is in Jesus. 7 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:26,010 Speaker 2: Why should we rest? And what does the Bible say 8 00:00:26,050 --> 00:00:28,610 Speaker 2: about rest? And how can we rest in the Lord? 9 00:00:29,350 --> 00:00:31,700 Speaker 2: This is what we're going to talk about today. I'm 10 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:34,660 Speaker 2: Christi Graham, host of On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse, 11 00:00:34,780 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 2: where we take you to the front lines and behind 12 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,580 Speaker 2: the scenes of our work around the world. Today I 13 00:00:39,620 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: sat down with Jeremy Zirkle. He is one of our 14 00:00:41,740 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: staff chaplains, and we open God's Word and we talk 15 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,270 Speaker 2: about what God is teaching us about rest. The topic 16 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:51,510 Speaker 2: has been heavy on my heart recently. I have four kids, 17 00:00:52,210 --> 00:00:56,710 Speaker 2: very busy schedules, full workload, and try to be involved 18 00:00:56,750 --> 00:01:00,170 Speaker 2: in the community. And so rest can be difficult. And 19 00:01:00,190 --> 00:01:01,990 Speaker 2: so the Lord's been teaching me a lot about it. 20 00:01:02,590 --> 00:01:06,380 Speaker 2: Life doesn't slow down, but we can and we need to. 21 00:01:07,380 --> 00:01:09,140 Speaker 2: In order to do what God's called us to do, 22 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,260 Speaker 2: we have to find rest in Him and learn from Him. 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,919 Speaker 2: And I live in the mountains of North Carolina. And 24 00:01:14,980 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 2: so for me, enjoying God's creation is how I really 25 00:01:18,860 --> 00:01:22,750 Speaker 2: reset and get rest. Psalm 8, 3-4 says, When I 26 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:25,970 Speaker 2: consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon 27 00:01:26,010 --> 00:01:29,229 Speaker 2: and the stars, which you have ordained, What is man 28 00:01:29,290 --> 00:01:31,610 Speaker 2: that you are mindful of him, and the son of 29 00:01:31,670 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: man that you visit him? We can rest just by 30 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,420 Speaker 2: looking at his creation. Even if you don't live somewhere 31 00:01:38,459 --> 00:01:40,860 Speaker 2: where you can get outside, even in the city, you 32 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:43,699 Speaker 2: can see the moon, the stars that God created, and 33 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,780 Speaker 2: you can rest knowing that we are not God. We 34 00:01:46,860 --> 00:01:49,990 Speaker 2: serve an almighty God. There's so much to cover today. 35 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:53,550 Speaker 2: I know you will be encouraged. Let's jump into this conversation. 36 00:01:53,570 --> 00:01:57,350 Speaker 1: I think the rest is such a critical conversation today. 37 00:01:57,890 --> 00:02:00,150 Speaker 1: Case in point, you're mentioning like we do disaster relief 38 00:02:00,530 --> 00:02:02,090 Speaker 1: and disasters are not stopping. 39 00:02:02,930 --> 00:02:04,730 Speaker 3: They're intensifying. They're more frequent. 40 00:02:06,170 --> 00:02:08,649 Speaker 1: And I've not been in the lane of disaster relief 41 00:02:08,690 --> 00:02:11,150 Speaker 1: for the longest time, less than a decade. But even 42 00:02:11,169 --> 00:02:12,850 Speaker 1: in my time, it just seems like there's a lot. 43 00:02:12,970 --> 00:02:15,410 Speaker 1: And so either on one hand, we look at that 44 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:19,570 Speaker 1: and it feels overwhelming and we say, well, I just 45 00:02:19,610 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: got to give up or it's hopeless. You look at 46 00:02:21,780 --> 00:02:23,500 Speaker 1: it and think, well, it's not going to stop. I 47 00:02:23,530 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: can't go at this pace. At some point, I'm just 48 00:02:24,940 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: going to burn out and I'm going to, you know, 49 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: fall apart. But I think there is scripturally, there's so 50 00:02:29,980 --> 00:02:33,500 Speaker 1: much hope. But it comes out in understanding what is rest? 51 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: Why do we rest? And so I think so much 52 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,380 Speaker 1: of the conversation when we talk about rest, we focus 53 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,430 Speaker 1: immediately on the physical. 54 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,570 Speaker 3: We jump to the physical. How do you rest? How 55 00:02:41,590 --> 00:02:42,489 Speaker 3: are you supposed to rest? 56 00:02:42,610 --> 00:02:44,549 Speaker 1: I remember when I was as an intern one time 57 00:02:44,590 --> 00:02:47,210 Speaker 1: in an organization, they were teaching us, kind of discipling 58 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:49,370 Speaker 1: us about what does it mean to take a Sabbath? 59 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,820 Speaker 1: And very specifically, our leader said, okay, as a Sabbath, 60 00:02:52,980 --> 00:02:54,620 Speaker 1: you need to go out and do what is restful 61 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:57,700 Speaker 1: for you. Um, so if that's doing a hike, if 62 00:02:57,740 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: it's taking a nap, it's reading a book, whatever you 63 00:02:59,860 --> 00:03:02,980 Speaker 1: want to do, do what's restful for you. Well, the 64 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,900 Speaker 1: problem with that is who's the focus of that? Me, uh, 65 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:10,090 Speaker 1: I'm the focus and I need to determine what's restful 66 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:12,430 Speaker 1: for me. And that's going to therefore replenish me on 67 00:03:12,470 --> 00:03:16,390 Speaker 1: the Sabbath. Um, The question is, you know, when listening 68 00:03:16,430 --> 00:03:18,549 Speaker 1: is like, hey, how's that working out for you? You know, 69 00:03:18,669 --> 00:03:20,670 Speaker 1: however many naps you take, it's still, you know, we 70 00:03:20,690 --> 00:03:23,329 Speaker 1: struggle with our mind running or the, you know, like 71 00:03:23,810 --> 00:03:26,650 Speaker 1: closing up our email or just the things that are 72 00:03:26,730 --> 00:03:29,310 Speaker 1: on our plates. We can go take a nap, but 73 00:03:29,340 --> 00:03:31,860 Speaker 1: then we're still stressed about what we just left. And 74 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: so we don't actually end up resting that well. So 75 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:37,420 Speaker 1: there's some ways to look at that. And I think 76 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: that the conversation for me started with why do we rest? 77 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: We focus a lot on the how. All kinds of conversations, 78 00:03:44,380 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: but the important is why. So take, for example, you're 79 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: thinking about the context of like a screwdriver. If someone 80 00:03:48,980 --> 00:03:50,980 Speaker 1: handed me a screwdriver, I'm from outer space. I'm handed 81 00:03:51,020 --> 00:03:53,260 Speaker 1: a screwdriver. I've never seen one before. I can come 82 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,940 Speaker 1: up with all kinds of hows, what I think this 83 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,420 Speaker 1: thing is for. But until someone explains to me what 84 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: its purpose of why it was created, then it's almost 85 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:02,300 Speaker 1: like light bulb. 86 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:03,340 Speaker 3: Like, oh, okay. 87 00:04:03,420 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: I never would have thought of that. We talk about 88 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: how do you rest? How do you Sabbath? What does 89 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:09,820 Speaker 1: that look like? They look at scripture like saying, okay, 90 00:04:10,020 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: why was that even first established? 91 00:04:11,780 --> 00:04:14,860 Speaker 3: Mm-hmm. what does it mean to rest? And C.S. 92 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:18,170 Speaker 1: Lewis talks about first things and second things. And he 93 00:04:18,450 --> 00:04:21,130 Speaker 1: has this kind of quote. He says that there's first 94 00:04:21,150 --> 00:04:23,210 Speaker 1: things and second things. The thing is in life is 95 00:04:23,230 --> 00:04:24,950 Speaker 1: that we have a temptation to focus on the second things. 96 00:04:24,990 --> 00:04:26,650 Speaker 1: When we do that, what we end up losing is 97 00:04:26,690 --> 00:04:28,850 Speaker 1: both first and second things. But when we focus on 98 00:04:28,870 --> 00:04:30,980 Speaker 1: the first things, we get both. We get first and 99 00:04:31,010 --> 00:04:33,099 Speaker 1: second things. So he has this quote. He says, aim 100 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:36,380 Speaker 1: at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim 101 00:04:36,420 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: at earth and you're going to get neither. And we 102 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:41,420 Speaker 1: do that with rest. We focus on the physical. That's 103 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,170 Speaker 1: the second thing. Um, and we ended up focusing that 104 00:04:44,190 --> 00:04:47,010 Speaker 1: we pursue that. We have all kinds, I mean, all 105 00:04:47,029 --> 00:04:49,789 Speaker 1: kinds of things do physically rest. The problem is we're 106 00:04:49,810 --> 00:04:52,570 Speaker 1: still restless. Um, and I think part of that is 107 00:04:52,589 --> 00:04:55,260 Speaker 1: the issue we've, we've made rest, the physical rest, the 108 00:04:55,300 --> 00:04:58,740 Speaker 1: first thing, um, the question is, what is that first thing? Um, 109 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,099 Speaker 1: that's where I think kind of, for me, I'll say personally, 110 00:05:02,140 --> 00:05:03,940 Speaker 1: for me, it started to unlock a little bit of 111 00:05:03,980 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: an understanding and makes the second thing, the physical rest 112 00:05:07,220 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: more restful. 113 00:05:08,740 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: I think in Genesis, you know, when God was creating 114 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,740 Speaker 2: the world, um, He rested. Why did he rest if 115 00:05:14,779 --> 00:05:17,500 Speaker 2: he didn't need rest? You know, he physically did not 116 00:05:17,540 --> 00:05:19,870 Speaker 2: need that rest. Was it a model? Was it an 117 00:05:19,930 --> 00:05:21,710 Speaker 2: example for us to follow in the future? 118 00:05:21,730 --> 00:05:25,670 Speaker 1: Yeah. And that was the piece that started to... make 119 00:05:25,690 --> 00:05:28,250 Speaker 1: me dig deeper into this. Cause I thought, okay, we're 120 00:05:28,270 --> 00:05:30,770 Speaker 1: supposed to rest. And I kind of, I think biblically, 121 00:05:30,790 --> 00:05:33,150 Speaker 1: you know, read through the scriptures, like our rest is 122 00:05:33,230 --> 00:05:35,309 Speaker 1: modeled off of God's seventh day of rest. 123 00:05:35,370 --> 00:05:37,429 Speaker 3: He created the seventh day, made it holy. 124 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: Um, and so we rest out of, and that's what's, 125 00:05:39,980 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: that's the example we're given in, in, in Exodus when 126 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: their rest versus established, he reflects it back off. Well, 127 00:05:44,980 --> 00:05:48,420 Speaker 1: what's because God rested on the seventh day. Well, If my, 128 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:50,979 Speaker 1: you know, our rest reflects his rest. Well, if my 129 00:05:51,020 --> 00:05:53,820 Speaker 1: rest is entirely physical, how does that reflect God's rest? 130 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,930 Speaker 1: Because God doesn't, he doesn't get tired. So, then what is, 131 00:05:56,950 --> 00:05:59,050 Speaker 1: if the word is rest, what does that mean? So, 132 00:05:59,430 --> 00:06:01,130 Speaker 1: if you look at the Hebrew, the word is Shabbat. 133 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:05,990 Speaker 1: That's where Sabbath comes from. The word strictly means to cease, 134 00:06:06,529 --> 00:06:09,910 Speaker 1: to stop something. And so, we look at the six 135 00:06:09,950 --> 00:06:12,770 Speaker 1: days of creation, God creates. And on the seventh day, 136 00:06:12,790 --> 00:06:13,990 Speaker 1: he stops creating. 137 00:06:14,410 --> 00:06:15,540 Speaker 3: Creation is established. 138 00:06:16,230 --> 00:06:17,350 Speaker 1: And so we can go in a lot of that, 139 00:06:17,370 --> 00:06:20,010 Speaker 1: but that's the basic understanding of the word. And so 140 00:06:20,029 --> 00:06:22,050 Speaker 1: every time we see it, and there's multiple words, it's 141 00:06:22,070 --> 00:06:23,970 Speaker 1: not just one continuous word. Every time you see the 142 00:06:23,990 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: word rest throughout scripture, it's reflective of the same word. 143 00:06:25,950 --> 00:06:26,300 Speaker 3: It's not. 144 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,980 Speaker 1: But the basis for this conversation, I think, starts there. 145 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: And so God rested, he ceased his creative work. But 146 00:06:34,540 --> 00:06:36,730 Speaker 1: if you look in the kind of the cultural context, 147 00:06:37,110 --> 00:06:39,030 Speaker 1: even as it's seen in scripture, you go into Joshua 148 00:06:39,050 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: and we find kind of remnants of this. What I 149 00:06:41,620 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: believe what God is describing is that God has taken creation. 150 00:06:45,990 --> 00:06:49,289 Speaker 1: He's created it, but he's created order. He's created peace. 151 00:06:49,390 --> 00:06:52,770 Speaker 1: He's created shalom. All of abundant life is in that 152 00:06:52,990 --> 00:06:55,190 Speaker 1: first created order. That's what the Garden of Eden represents. 153 00:06:56,110 --> 00:06:57,910 Speaker 1: And when it says that God rested, if you kind 154 00:06:57,950 --> 00:06:59,810 Speaker 1: of look in some of the kind of more like 155 00:06:59,970 --> 00:07:02,830 Speaker 1: ancient context or even Kind of the concept here is 156 00:07:03,290 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: almost like a king goes in and establishes his kingdom. 157 00:07:07,450 --> 00:07:09,940 Speaker 1: And there's some language of this used, but that the 158 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: king would then rest, meaning that it's not that he 159 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: establishes his kingdom, he removes all the enemies, he conquers 160 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: the land, and then he just quits. Well, no, it's 161 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,540 Speaker 1: at that point that he then starts ruling. But in 162 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,660 Speaker 1: order to rule, he has to establish his kingdom, if 163 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:27,060 Speaker 1: you will. What's the kingdom? I mean, I think it's 164 00:07:27,140 --> 00:07:30,530 Speaker 1: in the Psalm 24. The earth is the Lord's and 165 00:07:30,830 --> 00:07:32,990 Speaker 1: everything in it, the world and all who live in it. 166 00:07:33,250 --> 00:07:37,130 Speaker 1: What's God's kingdom? Literally everything. Everything is God's kingdom. He 167 00:07:37,270 --> 00:07:37,970 Speaker 1: is the supreme. 168 00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:39,390 Speaker 3: There is no rival. There's no equal. 169 00:07:39,770 --> 00:07:41,730 Speaker 1: It says at the end of Psalm 24, the Lord Almighty, 170 00:07:41,810 --> 00:07:43,370 Speaker 1: he is the king of glory. So he is the 171 00:07:43,430 --> 00:07:46,430 Speaker 1: one king. The entire world is his kingdom. And as 172 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,030 Speaker 1: he rests, that's why in the seventh day, there is 173 00:07:48,070 --> 00:07:51,070 Speaker 1: no beginning, there's no end. The rest continues. It never 174 00:07:51,150 --> 00:07:54,610 Speaker 1: stops because God's reign never stops. And the seventh day, 175 00:07:54,670 --> 00:07:57,270 Speaker 1: God rests. And what we're supposed to read and say, okay, 176 00:07:57,730 --> 00:08:00,810 Speaker 1: now it's his sovereignty is over all of creation for 177 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: all of time. It never stops, never ceases. He's never 178 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: had a rival. There's so much to go in the backstory, 179 00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: but that's, I think, the fundamental concept of rest. Out 180 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:16,060 Speaker 1: of that, then we reflect that rest. So, Work is finished, 181 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:20,100 Speaker 1: order is established, and now God reigns as Lord over 182 00:08:20,140 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: His creation and His kingdom. And again, there's no evening, 183 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:27,100 Speaker 1: there's no morning. And what does Jesus say when He 184 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,059 Speaker 1: confronted in the New Testament about the Sabbath? 185 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,780 Speaker 3: He says, my Father has not stopped working. He never stops. 186 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 3: He never has. 187 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 2: I just want to encourage people listening. If you think 188 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:39,179 Speaker 2: you don't struggle with this, ask the Lord, you know, 189 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 2: am I struggling this? Am I working out of a 190 00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:45,130 Speaker 2: posture of just Working, working, doing, doing? Or am I 191 00:08:45,210 --> 00:08:48,750 Speaker 2: truly out of the overflow of Jesus, having a compassionate heart? 192 00:08:50,070 --> 00:08:53,170 Speaker 2: I read two different passages where Jesus, and I'm glad 193 00:08:53,190 --> 00:08:55,100 Speaker 2: you brought up God, because when He created the world, 194 00:08:55,179 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 2: He didn't need the rest physically. When Jesus walked this earth, 195 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 2: He was God and human. So, He took on human flesh. 196 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 2: He ate, He drank, He slept, even though as God, 197 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:06,970 Speaker 2: He didn't need to. But He took that on. And 198 00:09:06,990 --> 00:09:10,390 Speaker 2: so when he says those prompts, come to me, all 199 00:09:10,429 --> 00:09:12,330 Speaker 2: who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give 200 00:09:12,350 --> 00:09:14,990 Speaker 2: you rest. And then the one that stopped me this 201 00:09:15,030 --> 00:09:18,830 Speaker 2: summer was in Mark 6, 31, after John was beheaded. 202 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:21,170 Speaker 2: And so I'm going to talk about this, the importance 203 00:09:21,210 --> 00:09:23,570 Speaker 2: of rest, whether things are good or whether things are hard. 204 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 2: You know, and it says, so after John the Baptist 205 00:09:27,010 --> 00:09:29,100 Speaker 2: was beheaded, they brought his head on a platter, which 206 00:09:29,140 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 2: is horrific. It says his disciples heard of it. They 207 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,780 Speaker 2: came and took his corpse and laid it in a tomb. 208 00:09:35,620 --> 00:09:38,900 Speaker 2: So physically, they laid their friend to rest. And I 209 00:09:38,940 --> 00:09:42,020 Speaker 2: love that Jesus, when he heard this, he said, come 210 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,140 Speaker 2: aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while. 211 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,260 Speaker 2: There were many coming and going, and he went to 212 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 2: a deserted place by boat. And I think, and maybe 213 00:09:51,940 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 2: you can help me, because again, I'm just like, Lord, 214 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,300 Speaker 2: what does this mean? And what does this mean to me? 215 00:09:56,500 --> 00:10:00,090 Speaker 2: And I love that Jesus' first reaction was, come. And 216 00:10:00,130 --> 00:10:02,530 Speaker 2: then He says come many times throughout, but a lot 217 00:10:02,550 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 2: of times it's after good things, after highs. Come get 218 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,900 Speaker 2: away with me. When things are hard and heavy, we 219 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:12,780 Speaker 2: have to get away, not mask it with a Band-Aid 220 00:10:12,860 --> 00:10:15,410 Speaker 2: and the world's way of coping and resting. We have 221 00:10:15,429 --> 00:10:17,530 Speaker 2: to truly get to the why, like you said. So 222 00:10:18,190 --> 00:10:20,689 Speaker 2: what do you think Jesus was speaking in this context? 223 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,260 Speaker 2: And then even the come to me, all who are 224 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,660 Speaker 2: heavy laden, what does that mean to truly take on 225 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:29,460 Speaker 2: his yoke? Because I think we don't even know how 226 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 2: to do that. 227 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: So I think it's so interesting. That's one of the 228 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: most go-to scriptures when people talk about rest. Like come 229 00:10:34,850 --> 00:10:37,310 Speaker 1: to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, I mean, 230 00:10:37,330 --> 00:10:40,309 Speaker 1: specifically labor and are heavy laden, and I will give 231 00:10:40,350 --> 00:10:42,610 Speaker 1: you rest. Interesting thing is we stop there a lot 232 00:10:42,630 --> 00:10:45,890 Speaker 1: of times. And partly because if you read the rest 233 00:10:45,910 --> 00:10:49,510 Speaker 1: of it, it's really confusing. It says, okay, rest, great replenishing. 234 00:10:49,550 --> 00:10:51,460 Speaker 1: Then he goes on, take my yoke upon anyone who 235 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:52,860 Speaker 1: knows what a yoke is. It's a massive piece of 236 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: wood you put over your shoulders and you plow with like, 237 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: that's not restful. So take my yoke upon you and 238 00:10:58,300 --> 00:11:00,900 Speaker 1: learn from me for I'm gentle and lowly in heart. 239 00:11:01,380 --> 00:11:04,459 Speaker 1: And you will find promise. You will find rest for 240 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:07,570 Speaker 1: your souls for my yoke is easy. My burden is 241 00:11:07,650 --> 00:11:11,270 Speaker 1: light without getting a ton of it. But this is, 242 00:11:11,429 --> 00:11:13,830 Speaker 1: this is a language again, that I think the, first 243 00:11:13,870 --> 00:11:17,010 Speaker 1: century would have understood because a yoke was a teaching 244 00:11:17,090 --> 00:11:17,570 Speaker 1: of a rabbi. 245 00:11:17,850 --> 00:11:18,730 Speaker 3: You want to follow a rabbi. 246 00:11:19,030 --> 00:11:21,630 Speaker 1: You would, the language is take that rabbi's yoke upon 247 00:11:21,670 --> 00:11:23,819 Speaker 1: you and learn from that rabbi. So I think Jesus 248 00:11:23,860 --> 00:11:26,740 Speaker 1: is saying here, I can give you the rest. Um, 249 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: you know, and I think it's a promise, you know, 250 00:11:28,380 --> 00:11:29,980 Speaker 1: come to me and I will give you rest. It's 251 00:11:30,020 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: a promise. Um, But how do you continue to live 252 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: in that rest? Take Jesus' yoke upon us and learn 253 00:11:36,020 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: from him. What does it mean to live a posture 254 00:11:38,809 --> 00:11:42,750 Speaker 1: of rest? So it's not just a momentary. The only 255 00:11:42,790 --> 00:11:44,250 Speaker 1: way you can experience rest is if you go on 256 00:11:44,290 --> 00:11:47,630 Speaker 1: a retreat. How do you live rest in the midst 257 00:11:47,850 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: of the Ebola treatment center? How do you live rest 258 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: in the midst of a crisis in your own family? 259 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: I think that's where the scripture is so hopeful because 260 00:11:54,820 --> 00:11:56,990 Speaker 1: Jesus does say, He'll give you rest when you come 261 00:11:57,030 --> 00:11:58,820 Speaker 1: to him, but also after you take his yoke upon him, 262 00:11:58,870 --> 00:12:01,350 Speaker 1: you will find rest for your souls as a continual 263 00:12:01,390 --> 00:12:04,780 Speaker 1: posture of rest. I think that is kind of the, 264 00:12:05,210 --> 00:12:06,870 Speaker 1: that's the piece I've been searching for is like, okay, 265 00:12:07,090 --> 00:12:08,809 Speaker 1: how do I get the idea of spiritual retreat? 266 00:12:08,830 --> 00:12:09,250 Speaker 3: Those are great. 267 00:12:09,450 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: Yes. But when you go back to the hard, you're like, 268 00:12:11,929 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: now what? I think that's what God's been teaching us 269 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,459 Speaker 1: from the very beginning, all the way to the new Testament, 270 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: this progression of understanding arrest. So going back to the beginning, 271 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,890 Speaker 1: God rests and establishes his order. What does he then 272 00:12:25,970 --> 00:12:29,430 Speaker 1: do for his people? He teaches them. And he says, okay, 273 00:12:29,570 --> 00:12:32,050 Speaker 1: I'm going to teach you what this is like. He 274 00:12:32,620 --> 00:12:33,980 Speaker 1: teaches them in the same way I think Jesus teaches 275 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,420 Speaker 1: the disciples. God is teaching the Israelites. So what does 276 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: he do? Puts them out in the wilderness. He says, 277 00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:40,380 Speaker 1: I'm going to put you in a context that you 278 00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:42,839 Speaker 1: literally cannot survive on your own. You can't do it. 279 00:12:43,210 --> 00:12:45,870 Speaker 1: It is a restless place. That's the wilderness, what it is. 280 00:12:45,929 --> 00:12:49,190 Speaker 1: It's just a restless place. And so he puts them 281 00:12:49,210 --> 00:12:50,900 Speaker 1: in the wilderness. He says, okay, I'm not putting you 282 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,900 Speaker 1: by yourself. I'm going to provide for you. 283 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:53,939 Speaker 3: And so he does. 284 00:12:53,980 --> 00:12:56,780 Speaker 1: He provides for the man every single day. But he 285 00:12:56,830 --> 00:12:59,690 Speaker 1: develops a rhythm within their life to remind them that 286 00:12:59,870 --> 00:13:02,620 Speaker 1: every day God is providing for them in a miraculous way. 287 00:13:03,010 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 3: It's called the Sabbath. 288 00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:06,300 Speaker 1: Six days, your rides on the six days as you 289 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,430 Speaker 1: go out, take the manna, get a double portion of it. 290 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:10,820 Speaker 1: That's going to sustain you for the seventh day so 291 00:13:10,860 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: that you don't have to go out and work. You 292 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,570 Speaker 1: can rest because I am providing for you because I am, 293 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:18,219 Speaker 1: I am sovereign. I am always at, and this is 294 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,420 Speaker 1: my order. I am sovereign over the whole world. 295 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:21,580 Speaker 3: You are my people. 296 00:13:21,980 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: You can be at rest, take a day off, physically rest. 297 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: But the reason that he does that is so that 298 00:13:27,710 --> 00:13:29,990 Speaker 1: they're reminded that he is sovereign and he knows where 299 00:13:30,010 --> 00:13:33,190 Speaker 1: people are. I mean, that's part of the fundamental premise 300 00:13:33,370 --> 00:13:36,290 Speaker 1: of a Sabbath is that God just knows us. He 301 00:13:36,350 --> 00:13:38,330 Speaker 1: knows that we are a people that will work ourselves 302 00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:40,580 Speaker 1: to death. But the problem when we do that isn't 303 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: just the fact that we're physically exhausted at the end 304 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:44,860 Speaker 1: of it. It's the problem is that we start to 305 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,660 Speaker 1: believe that the world sustains on us. That if I 306 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:51,370 Speaker 1: don't stop working, if I don't stop doing, if I 307 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,170 Speaker 1: don't stop gathering, providing, whatever it is, if I don't stop, 308 00:13:55,870 --> 00:13:58,570 Speaker 1: the world's going to fall apart. And so God says, okay, 309 00:13:58,610 --> 00:14:01,030 Speaker 1: I'm going to give you a weekly rhythm that you're 310 00:14:01,050 --> 00:14:04,130 Speaker 1: going to be reminded every week that you are not God. 311 00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:07,530 Speaker 1: I am. And you're not, you're my people. I love you. 312 00:14:07,650 --> 00:14:10,020 Speaker 1: I'll care for you. And so you're going to, you're 313 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,540 Speaker 1: going to cease. You're going to stop working once a week, 314 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,300 Speaker 1: every single week. And it's going to physically remind you that, Hey, 315 00:14:16,860 --> 00:14:17,580 Speaker 1: I'm still in charge. 316 00:14:17,820 --> 00:14:18,780 Speaker 3: I'm still caring for you. 317 00:14:19,660 --> 00:14:21,900 Speaker 1: Um, Interesting enough, so he takes them through the wilderness, 318 00:14:21,980 --> 00:14:24,660 Speaker 1: provides for them for 40 years, never stops. The moment 319 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,450 Speaker 1: they get in the promised land, the manna stops. But 320 00:14:27,750 --> 00:14:30,510 Speaker 1: God's provision, his rule doesn't stop. And maybe just say 321 00:14:30,530 --> 00:14:33,750 Speaker 1: just quickly here is that the narrative scripture continues. So 322 00:14:33,790 --> 00:14:36,610 Speaker 1: that's the Old Testament. But then the only way they 323 00:14:36,630 --> 00:14:38,870 Speaker 1: would be allowed to stay in this place, God's place 324 00:14:38,930 --> 00:14:41,210 Speaker 1: of rest is if they follow the commands perfectly. Well, 325 00:14:41,330 --> 00:14:43,930 Speaker 1: we know they didn't. Psalm 95, you will not enter 326 00:14:43,970 --> 00:14:46,630 Speaker 1: my rest. And so they didn't. They fell short of that. 327 00:14:47,670 --> 00:14:49,350 Speaker 1: So what does God do? He sends his only son. 328 00:14:49,830 --> 00:14:52,970 Speaker 1: to earth, to literally, I mean, he is God here 329 00:14:53,050 --> 00:14:55,570 Speaker 1: on earth, but he follows God's commandments perfectly. 330 00:14:56,150 --> 00:14:56,910 Speaker 3: Absolutely perfectly. 331 00:14:57,490 --> 00:14:59,290 Speaker 1: He dies on the cross, forgives us of our sins 332 00:14:59,350 --> 00:15:02,010 Speaker 1: and reconciles us. And in a sense, brings us back 333 00:15:02,130 --> 00:15:04,730 Speaker 1: into God's rest again. So when Jesus says, come to me, 334 00:15:04,830 --> 00:15:06,790 Speaker 1: all you, and I will give you rest. He's saying, 335 00:15:07,110 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: come to me. Like my rest, your rest you're going 336 00:15:09,740 --> 00:15:12,580 Speaker 1: to find is in me. And then I'm going to 337 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,940 Speaker 1: teach you how to live this life as a life 338 00:15:15,140 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 1: of rest. Not just a momentary thing. but take my 339 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: yoke upon me and you'll learn from me. And so 340 00:15:19,820 --> 00:15:22,300 Speaker 1: that rest you experienced in salvation, that rest is going to, 341 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,140 Speaker 1: because you now, we are in a sense, we're back 342 00:15:24,180 --> 00:15:27,890 Speaker 1: in Eden again. We're reconciled back with a father, his rest, 343 00:15:27,950 --> 00:15:30,850 Speaker 1: his order. We're all under that. And we can physically rest. 344 00:15:31,010 --> 00:15:31,330 Speaker 3: Why? 345 00:15:32,190 --> 00:15:34,270 Speaker 1: Because we've been reconciled with God. God is our, like 346 00:15:34,310 --> 00:15:37,170 Speaker 1: the God of the universe is my personal father. And 347 00:15:37,190 --> 00:15:38,750 Speaker 1: when I pray to him, he cares about my needs. 348 00:15:39,030 --> 00:15:41,750 Speaker 3: Why? Because this is his, this is his kingdom. And 349 00:15:41,790 --> 00:15:42,300 Speaker 3: I live in that. 350 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: And because I'm part of his kingdom, he cares for me. 351 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: And Hebrews four, it talks about, God says, It's still 352 00:15:47,060 --> 00:15:51,710 Speaker 1: an opportunity today to enter my rest. Strive to enter 353 00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:53,450 Speaker 1: my rest, even as a language. Like, how do you 354 00:15:53,490 --> 00:15:56,990 Speaker 1: physically do that? But the idea is God saying, you 355 00:15:57,010 --> 00:15:59,290 Speaker 1: can still enter my rest. It was closed off when 356 00:15:59,310 --> 00:16:00,109 Speaker 1: we got kicked out of Eden. 357 00:16:00,130 --> 00:16:00,790 Speaker 3: That was closed off. 358 00:16:01,070 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: It's opened back up again through Jesus Christ. In Him, 359 00:16:04,150 --> 00:16:06,620 Speaker 1: all things hold together in Christ. But in and through Christ, 360 00:16:06,660 --> 00:16:09,340 Speaker 1: we now are allowed back into God's rest. Not just 361 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: a momentary thing. We have taste of it now, but 362 00:16:11,980 --> 00:16:14,380 Speaker 1: for all eternity. But it's also experienced now. 363 00:16:14,860 --> 00:16:18,140 Speaker 2: I love how you shared that. The theme throughout the 364 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,370 Speaker 2: whole Bible, there are so many themes on rest. But 365 00:16:20,410 --> 00:16:23,830 Speaker 2: like you said, it's changed because Jesus has conquered death. 366 00:16:24,190 --> 00:16:27,030 Speaker 2: And I think now what I'm learning is rest is 367 00:16:27,070 --> 00:16:29,770 Speaker 2: a posture, like I said, not a formula. I think 368 00:16:29,850 --> 00:16:33,210 Speaker 2: we're mainly speaking to in the daily life, how do 369 00:16:33,250 --> 00:16:35,490 Speaker 2: we rest? So maybe what would you say to somebody 370 00:16:35,510 --> 00:16:40,190 Speaker 2: that's saying, wow, thank you, light bulb. It's more about posture. 371 00:16:40,270 --> 00:16:42,670 Speaker 2: It's more about surrender. It's more about realizing your humanity. 372 00:16:42,950 --> 00:16:43,450 Speaker 2: We need God. 373 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: If it never gets to the practical, then it's, it's, 374 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: it's all theoretical and that's great, but okay, I'm still 375 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: here in the DRC. 376 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:52,220 Speaker 3: I'm still here. I'm still here in the crisis of 377 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,730 Speaker 3: my family. What do I do? Um, and so it's 378 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:55,610 Speaker 3: incredibly important. 379 00:16:55,750 --> 00:16:59,890 Speaker 1: I do think, um, yeah, there's a lot of ways 380 00:16:59,930 --> 00:17:01,550 Speaker 1: to go at this, but I think if starting with 381 00:17:01,570 --> 00:17:04,250 Speaker 1: the why, okay, the entire point of Sabbath thing is resting. 382 00:17:04,270 --> 00:17:06,190 Speaker 3: Let's go. That's the entire point of resting is to 383 00:17:06,230 --> 00:17:08,959 Speaker 3: be reminded that God is sovereign. He's in control. It's 384 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:09,500 Speaker 3: not up to me. 385 00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: The question becomes, okay, what rhythms, what ways can I 386 00:17:13,260 --> 00:17:15,550 Speaker 1: remind myself of that? Now, I do think there is 387 00:17:15,590 --> 00:17:18,110 Speaker 1: a piece of ceasing. I do think, you know, like... 388 00:17:18,950 --> 00:17:20,770 Speaker 1: You know, even as a family, we're kind of like, okay, 389 00:17:20,830 --> 00:17:22,550 Speaker 1: how can we get to the point where it's a 390 00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:24,330 Speaker 1: day of rest? And it's not always done perfectly. A 391 00:17:24,330 --> 00:17:26,090 Speaker 1: lot of people, it's like, I can't do 24 hours. 392 00:17:26,130 --> 00:17:28,429 Speaker 3: What can I do? Well, what are some mini Sabbaths, 393 00:17:28,510 --> 00:17:28,850 Speaker 3: if you will? 394 00:17:28,910 --> 00:17:31,909 Speaker 1: A mini moment of rest where you can pause, you 395 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:34,909 Speaker 1: can rest, and you can be reminded that God is sovereign. 396 00:17:35,210 --> 00:17:36,770 Speaker 1: One of the rhythms we have as staff is a 397 00:17:36,790 --> 00:17:39,830 Speaker 1: morning devotion. Honestly, I think that is a beautiful way 398 00:17:40,330 --> 00:17:43,470 Speaker 1: of mini Sabbathing, a mini resting. So before any of 399 00:17:43,570 --> 00:17:47,300 Speaker 1: us jump into our emails, before we jump into our to-dos, 400 00:17:47,670 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: we pause and We listen to the word. Sometimes we worship, 401 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,469 Speaker 1: we pray and we say, okay, Lord, we're not in control. 402 00:17:55,510 --> 00:17:57,790 Speaker 1: We're not, you know, if we stop today, you're never 403 00:17:57,850 --> 00:18:01,070 Speaker 1: going to. So we can stop for 15 minutes, 30 404 00:18:01,070 --> 00:18:03,090 Speaker 1: minutes and do our devotion, have a devotion time as 405 00:18:03,150 --> 00:18:06,750 Speaker 1: a staff. And it's replenishing both in, you know, allows that, 406 00:18:06,790 --> 00:18:08,389 Speaker 1: but also it's a good reminder for us. 407 00:18:08,609 --> 00:18:09,389 Speaker 3: We need to be reminded. 408 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,460 Speaker 1: I mean, we do some incredible things around the world. 409 00:18:11,950 --> 00:18:14,410 Speaker 1: But we need to be reminded even ourselves of saying, okay, 410 00:18:14,450 --> 00:18:16,690 Speaker 1: we're still not God. We're in incredible ministry and God's 411 00:18:16,750 --> 00:18:18,609 Speaker 1: blessed us. And it's an amazing thing to be a 412 00:18:18,609 --> 00:18:21,570 Speaker 1: part of. But if I stop, God never will. And 413 00:18:21,590 --> 00:18:24,090 Speaker 1: so I can stop. And so I think having those 414 00:18:24,130 --> 00:18:26,570 Speaker 1: many moments, I think like having a moment of prayer 415 00:18:26,630 --> 00:18:28,360 Speaker 1: is important. It's not just a ritual we go through, 416 00:18:28,390 --> 00:18:30,540 Speaker 1: but saying, I'm praying this for myself. Be reminded that like, 417 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:31,740 Speaker 1: it's not all up to me. 418 00:18:31,780 --> 00:18:34,140 Speaker 3: I'm not by myself. You are still sovereign. You're over 419 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 3: my moment. 420 00:18:35,260 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: Sabbath for a second and just pause and pray and 421 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,820 Speaker 1: allow the Lord to remind us, me, that it's. 422 00:18:40,740 --> 00:18:41,149 Speaker 3: Not up to me. 423 00:18:41,910 --> 00:18:45,850 Speaker 1: There's a quote by John Whitmill Early. He wrote this 424 00:18:45,869 --> 00:18:49,060 Speaker 1: book called The Common Rule. He says, trying to Sabbath 425 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,379 Speaker 1: brings almost everyone to the same realization. I can't get 426 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 1: it all done. This is the point. Practicing Sabbath is 427 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,659 Speaker 1: supposed to make us feel like we can't get it 428 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:02,139 Speaker 1: all done because that is the way reality is. We 429 00:19:02,180 --> 00:19:05,550 Speaker 1: can't do it all. Sabbath protects us from acting out 430 00:19:05,609 --> 00:19:06,730 Speaker 1: the lie that we can. 431 00:19:07,470 --> 00:19:08,149 Speaker 3: We don't rest. 432 00:19:08,770 --> 00:19:11,810 Speaker 1: If we don't take those moments, eventually we start believing 433 00:19:11,850 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: the lie that if I stop working, literally the work 434 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: will fall apart. You know, like Jesus says, like the 435 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 1: poor will always be among you. And so if we 436 00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:22,310 Speaker 1: rationalize and say we're not going to rest because that's 437 00:19:22,330 --> 00:19:25,929 Speaker 1: going to happen, well, it's never going to stop. therefore 438 00:19:25,970 --> 00:19:28,429 Speaker 1: you'll never rest. We stop to be reminded of the 439 00:19:28,470 --> 00:19:31,500 Speaker 1: fact that I'm not God. And I need that reminder 440 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,260 Speaker 1: so desperately because I can believe that in myself. And 441 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: I think it's interesting that God says, okay, he knows this. 442 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:38,460 Speaker 1: He's like, I'm going to give you that reminder every week. 443 00:19:39,180 --> 00:19:39,420 Speaker 2: Why? 444 00:19:39,619 --> 00:19:41,850 Speaker 3: Because you hit the day eight and you've already forgotten. 445 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,010 Speaker 2: And it's just coming back to the fact that we 446 00:19:46,050 --> 00:19:48,370 Speaker 2: can't do it all. And that's okay. And that's actually 447 00:19:48,390 --> 00:19:50,580 Speaker 2: a great thing. I think I find comfort in that. 448 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,379 Speaker 2: I'm not enough. I'm not enough for my kids. I'm 449 00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 2: not enough for my husband. You know, I am not enough. 450 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:58,100 Speaker 2: And that is actually a blessing. But when we don't 451 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 2: see it that way and we're striving, striving, striving. So 452 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,310 Speaker 2: how would you want to leave people and encourage people 453 00:20:05,010 --> 00:20:05,830 Speaker 2: in this topic? 454 00:20:07,230 --> 00:20:12,090 Speaker 1: Um, Two things really just practically, because I think it's important. 455 00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:15,390 Speaker 1: Part of it is like confession and repentance is like, 456 00:20:15,710 --> 00:20:18,130 Speaker 1: you know, I, you know, I'm there like you, like 457 00:20:18,170 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: when you, I'm reading this again, I'm like, my goodness, Jeremy, um, 458 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,900 Speaker 1: you know, I've been studying this and. 459 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,479 Speaker 3: Still like confession, like, Lord, I've fallen short. I'm repenting. 460 00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:27,939 Speaker 3: I'm turning my ways. I want to, I want to 461 00:20:27,980 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 3: do better. 462 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: Come to me, like teach me. I want to learn 463 00:20:30,780 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: from Christ. I want to take on his yoke. And, 464 00:20:33,420 --> 00:20:35,899 Speaker 1: and so, um, Yeah, so I think it's starting at 465 00:20:35,940 --> 00:20:38,100 Speaker 1: confession and repentance. But I think, you know, I'd be 466 00:20:38,140 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 1: remiss to not at least mention our phones. You know, 467 00:20:41,980 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: they're a great resource, but also they, like... even that 468 00:20:45,540 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: was one of these articles I was reading is that 469 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:49,500 Speaker 1: as we look on our phone, our minds are not stopping. 470 00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 3: They're still going. 471 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,500 Speaker 1: Now we're not doing, we've ceased another type of work, 472 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,500 Speaker 1: but we picked up another one, one that, that our 473 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: minds and our hearts and are just, they just keep going. 474 00:20:57,940 --> 00:20:59,260 Speaker 1: And so I think there is a piece of that. 475 00:20:59,300 --> 00:20:59,620 Speaker 3: It's hard. 476 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: It's really difficult. Um, but there, I think it's wrestling 477 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,419 Speaker 1: through that, like how to take a Sabbath from our phones. Um, 478 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,230 Speaker 1: just because there's the social media, there's the emails and 479 00:21:08,250 --> 00:21:10,110 Speaker 1: it just, the world never stops. And so it looks 480 00:21:10,170 --> 00:21:12,369 Speaker 1: maybe like physically I'm laying on the couch, um, but 481 00:21:12,390 --> 00:21:15,070 Speaker 1: if I'm scrolling, it just, it swirls us. So there's 482 00:21:15,090 --> 00:21:17,629 Speaker 1: a whole piece there. Um, and it's not to condemn. 483 00:21:17,670 --> 00:21:19,409 Speaker 1: It's just to recognize, Hey, what are those pitfalls that 484 00:21:19,430 --> 00:21:23,210 Speaker 1: we all have? Um, and so recognizing that, um, I 485 00:21:23,250 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: think one of the things is, you know, not seeing 486 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,120 Speaker 1: our business as a status symbol. 487 00:21:26,150 --> 00:21:26,820 Speaker 3: That's a big thing. 488 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:30,619 Speaker 1: Um, I mean, very practically sometimes, you know, I've, I've 489 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,219 Speaker 1: been guilty of this. Um, but I think that the 490 00:21:33,260 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 1: scripture Colossians one 17, he's before all things and in him, 491 00:21:38,020 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: all things hold together talking about Christ in him. All 492 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:47,950 Speaker 1: things hold together. That is such, like, it's so easy 493 00:21:47,990 --> 00:21:51,300 Speaker 1: to forget that because there's so much chaos in the world. 494 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I think of Psalm 46, be still and 495 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,970 Speaker 1: know that I am God. That comes in the context, 496 00:21:58,030 --> 00:21:59,830 Speaker 1: if you restart at the beginning, the mountains fall into 497 00:21:59,850 --> 00:22:02,129 Speaker 1: the sea and it's a disaster zone. It's kind of 498 00:22:02,230 --> 00:22:04,109 Speaker 1: the way I read that. In the midst of that, 499 00:22:04,170 --> 00:22:06,430 Speaker 1: God's like, be still and know that I am God. 500 00:22:07,190 --> 00:22:09,109 Speaker 1: It's really hard to do that when you're pressed in 501 00:22:09,130 --> 00:22:11,649 Speaker 1: on every side and all kinds of crises and disasters. 502 00:22:13,050 --> 00:22:16,869 Speaker 1: But it's being reminded that in Christ, all things hold together. 503 00:22:17,010 --> 00:22:21,489 Speaker 1: Not me, not my work, not my effort. And I'll 504 00:22:21,510 --> 00:22:23,350 Speaker 1: just maybe end with this quote because this one really 505 00:22:23,430 --> 00:22:25,540 Speaker 1: hit me between the eyes. But it was so good 506 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,900 Speaker 1: because it kind of points to this scripture that in Christ, 507 00:22:27,940 --> 00:22:29,940 Speaker 1: all things hold together. It says, I Sabbath as a 508 00:22:29,940 --> 00:22:32,710 Speaker 1: way to understand my salvation. My soul depends on it. 509 00:22:33,180 --> 00:22:37,010 Speaker 1: This is a Justin Whitmillson guy wrote the common rule early. 510 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,869 Speaker 1: When I stopped working, I have to admit that the 511 00:22:39,890 --> 00:22:43,149 Speaker 1: world doesn't depend on me. At times, it feels like 512 00:22:43,190 --> 00:22:45,510 Speaker 1: the planets will fall out of orbit. If I cease 513 00:22:45,530 --> 00:22:48,450 Speaker 1: to write emails and remove myself from the internet. Amazingly, 514 00:22:48,510 --> 00:22:51,510 Speaker 1: I love this. Amazingly, not only do the planets faithfully 515 00:22:51,550 --> 00:22:54,130 Speaker 1: hang in place, but usually no one notices I'm gone. 516 00:22:55,150 --> 00:22:57,889 Speaker 1: Sabbath helps me see how small I am. When I 517 00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:01,379 Speaker 1: don't see that, I'm always prone to misunderstand the reality 518 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: of who depends on who. The belief that we sustain 519 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,580 Speaker 1: the world and God doesn't is at the core of 520 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:10,939 Speaker 1: our unrest. The violence of that belief shows up as 521 00:23:11,020 --> 00:23:13,770 Speaker 1: scars on the heart and the body. In the deep 522 00:23:13,910 --> 00:23:17,550 Speaker 1: stillness of habitual Sabbath, the truth of the world begins 523 00:23:17,590 --> 00:23:22,369 Speaker 1: to sink in. You are not necessary. That's the beauty 524 00:23:22,410 --> 00:23:26,629 Speaker 1: of grace. In Sabbath, we realize that even the most 525 00:23:26,710 --> 00:23:30,109 Speaker 1: important of us can disappear and the world will go on. 526 00:23:30,950 --> 00:23:35,310 Speaker 1: But if Christ, the sustainer of the universe in whom 527 00:23:35,410 --> 00:23:39,270 Speaker 1: all things hold together, if he were to disappear, everything 528 00:23:39,490 --> 00:23:43,970 Speaker 1: would fade away. So I think resting brings me back 529 00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:46,510 Speaker 1: to that. Is that the only thing when I read that, 530 00:23:46,530 --> 00:23:51,260 Speaker 1: I was like, ah, it's humbling. If I disappeared, you know, um, 531 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: it'd be sad, but the world would go on. If 532 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,050 Speaker 1: Christ disappears, The whole world falls apart. 533 00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 3: That's why I rest. 534 00:23:58,410 --> 00:24:02,609 Speaker 2: Rest is a choice. It's choosing what's best, which is 535 00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:05,810 Speaker 2: seeking the Lord. And we talked about it today. There 536 00:24:05,890 --> 00:24:08,970 Speaker 2: is physical rest, which there is always a time for that. 537 00:24:09,690 --> 00:24:11,909 Speaker 2: But there's spiritual rest, and that is, I think, what 538 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:15,090 Speaker 2: we often miss. It's what truly fills and renews us. 539 00:24:15,950 --> 00:24:19,110 Speaker 2: We need God. We need His Word every day. But 540 00:24:19,170 --> 00:24:23,659 Speaker 2: this takes surrender and humility. We are not God. We 541 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 2: must surrender to Him. And I'm thankful that we have 542 00:24:26,540 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 2: a God who's trustworthy, who promises us rest and restoration. 543 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 2: His word restores. A passage I've leaned on many times 544 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 2: is Psalm 91, and I want to read the first 545 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:41,310 Speaker 2: seven verses. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most 546 00:24:41,330 --> 00:24:44,389 Speaker 2: High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I 547 00:24:44,410 --> 00:24:46,629 Speaker 2: will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and 548 00:24:46,650 --> 00:24:50,189 Speaker 2: my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Surely he 549 00:24:50,230 --> 00:24:53,389 Speaker 2: will save you from the fowler's snare, from the deadly pestilence. 550 00:24:53,550 --> 00:24:56,209 Speaker 2: He will cover you with his feathers, and under his 551 00:24:56,250 --> 00:24:59,370 Speaker 2: wings you will find refuge. His faithfulness will be your 552 00:24:59,410 --> 00:25:02,690 Speaker 2: shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, 553 00:25:02,770 --> 00:25:05,570 Speaker 2: nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence 554 00:25:05,609 --> 00:25:08,150 Speaker 2: that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys 555 00:25:08,210 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 2: at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten 556 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 2: thousand at your right hand, but it will not come 557 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:18,210 Speaker 2: near you. Again, this requires action. It's a choice. We 558 00:25:18,230 --> 00:25:21,250 Speaker 2: have to dwell in the shelter and rest in the 559 00:25:21,310 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 2: shadow of the Almighty. It's a choice to take refuge 560 00:25:24,650 --> 00:25:27,460 Speaker 2: in fortress. And I pray that you will rest in 561 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 2: the shadow of the Almighty this week. To close, I 562 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 2: want to read Matthew 11. It's a passage that Jeremy 563 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,060 Speaker 2: and I talked about. And let these words renew your spirit. 564 00:25:37,859 --> 00:25:41,260 Speaker 2: Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, 565 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,090 Speaker 2: and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon 566 00:25:44,150 --> 00:25:46,590 Speaker 2: you and learn from me, for I am gentle and 567 00:25:46,650 --> 00:25:49,790 Speaker 2: lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 568 00:25:50,310 --> 00:25:52,910 Speaker 2: For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 569 00:25:53,770 --> 00:25:56,389 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening. May you find rest 570 00:25:56,530 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 2: in Jesus today and every day. 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