Question for Reflection:
Am I steering my desires, or are my desires driving me?
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When we are driven by , it’s only a matter of time before we’ll .
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Desire is infinite.
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Ecclesiastes 1:8 NIV
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
“I can’t get no satisfaction” – Rolling Stones
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Because we are , and desire is , the result is .
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Our infinite can only be satisfied by an infinite .
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“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” —St. Augustine
Matthew 11:28 NIV
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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1. to Christ
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Our job is to , God does the .
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Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you
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2. His work upon you.
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John 6:29 NIV
This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.
John 15:4a NIV
Abide in me…
The result of believing and abiding is .
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Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
3. from Jesus’ pattern of living.
When I’m restless, I . When I’m rested, I .
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Matthew 11:28-30 MSG
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.
A restful rhythm of Jesus: Sabbath (stop)
Sabbath is established in creation.
Matthew 11:28-29 NIV
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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4. F true peace and fulfillment
Hebrews 4:9-11 NIV
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest…
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Real rest requires intentionality
Exodus 20:2
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Exodus 20:8-11 NIV
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
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Matthew 12:8 NIV
The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
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