Do you feel like you have not done enough for the Lord? Like no matter what you do it is not enough? Do you feel empty and a need to be serving more? Are you tired of waiting to go and do, and just want to get out there and love and serve people for the Lord?
We all want to be doing. That is the way we are wired, and the way society has made us be. Everything is fast paced and we need it now. We need the stuff around us to be moving quickly and we almost have to be entertained all the time. The world out there is very fast paced, so fast that we have easy hot dogs and easy mac and cheese. As if it takes that long and is so hard to make hot dogs and mac and cheese…
Our gospel passage today is from Mark 6:30-34. The beginning of this gospel has the disciples telling Jesus all they had done. Jesus doesn’t reprimand them because they didn’t do enough. He listened to what they did and what they taught, and then He said, “Let us go away to a deserted place and rest.” He told them to get away. And now that you have served go and be with yourself and recharge.
Jesus did this Himself. He would disappear and go off by Himself to pray and spend time with God. Jesus tells His disciples and us that at times we need to not be serving others, but give ourselves some time with God. We have to do this, otherwise our relationship with the Father will diminish and we will not be able to serve as well as He needs us to.
So in this fast paced world where we want to show others the love Jesus has given us we also need to remember to rest awhile, we need to remember to get away and be alone with Jesus.
So take some time and rest, and be with Jesus.
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