A Moment's Rest

A Moments Rest



“’Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Mark 6:31


Some of you are wondering what in the world that could possibly be about. It has been so long since you were by yourself, in a quiet place, or even considering getting some rest that it seems like a foreign concept to you.


We have let our society tell us that if we are not going, doing, chauffeuring, tending to, nurturing, working, educating, cleaning, etc., that we are of less value. According to the scripture quite the opposite is true.


Even the Lord knew that if He was to have anything to give to the people around Him, He was going to have to let God pour something in. He desperately needed to be in communion with His Father in order to have the strength to perform His day to day duties, and even more so, His miracles.


How much more so do we?


OK, so maybe we are not running around town performing miracles, but God does wish to use us to bring blessing to others around us. In order to do that, we have to have something to give them, besides ourselves.


Take Mary and Martha in scripture. Martha was busy doing, Mary was busy resting at the feet of Jesus. (Luke 10:38-42) Both are needful, but Mary’s priority was letting her well fill up. How did it help? In Mark 14: 3-9, Mary was the lady who broke the alabaster box and anointed Jesus’ head as a sign of belief in who He was. Where did she get the boldness to serve her master in that manner? Where did the benevolence for such an expensive gesture, or the true belief and faith in Him come from? From sitting at His feet earlier, taking that moment’s rest, and allowing Him to pour into her heart and spirit the ability to do what she had before her later.


Allow God a moment in your life. Rest in Him for just a bit.


Get alone now and then with The One Who Knows Your Name.