Day #5

I always think that Shabbat is a time where we can really interact with our Heavenly Father. After all, everything we do on that day points to Him. He is the reason we assemble ourselves. On this particular Shabbat, I had a million things going on. I had to complete several tasks before I even went to service. En route, I was thinking about all the other things I had to do once I got there. I was even thinking about the things that I had to do afterwards! Driving to the service, I purposed to be present when the worship team sang “Enter My Rest”; then, I knew, I could shake off the shackles, at least momentarily, and really enter His rest.

Then the Lord showed me that I do not have to be in any special place to enter His rest. I can be at home and enter in. I can be in my car and enter in. And guess what, I can have a mile-long to-do list before me and still enter in. Sure it will take discipline — where I do not allow the things that I need to do rule my life. My greatest task, which should become my greatest joy, is to make sure that Abba is the center of my life, that He is the plumbline by which I measure all things. Abba has shown me that we can still do what we need to do for family, friends, job, and ministry and still live in the rest of God. It will take discipline, but we can do it.

Abba, thank you that your rest is not a time zone; it is not a place. I do not have to drive to get there. But I can enter your rest at anytime because you have ordained that for my life. Amen.

Question: Can you enter His rest anywhere at anytime?

Application: Try taking a deep breath, breathing in the Ruach (Spirit) and just focusing in on the Father when you get overwhelmed. Let Him know that you are overwhelmed. He can handle the news.