WITHDRAWING TO REST

WITHDRAWING TO REST


We live in a very FAST
Paced world=that keeps
On moving


We BARELY have time
To think=
Let alone pray


But Jesus ALWAYS
Took time to REST
And to PRAY=
We would be wise
To EMULATE HIM


“Jesus WITHDREW
Toward the sea
With his disciples” Mark 3:7


Jesus was all GOOD=
And he offered GOODNESS
To the people


He offered healing-forgiveness
And GRACE=
Is it any wonder-
He withdrew
From the crowd
TO REST?


We NEED to rest too=
We need to
BE ALONE WITH GOD


Sometimes we need to
WITHDRAW to ourselves
And rest and PRAY


“For six days-
Work is to be done


But the seventh day
Is a day
Of SABBATH REST=
Holy to the LORD” Exodus 31:15


“Whoever dwells
In the shelter
Of the MOST HIGH
Will REST
In the shadow=
Of the ALMIGHTY” Psalm 91:1


And TECHNOLOGY is not rest=
You need to get
AWAY from the technology


You need to get AWAY
From the television and the computer


You need to SPEND
Some time=IN NATURE=
In the mountains-
Or at the beach


Get alone to yourself
WITHDRAWING to rest


How often
Do you read
In the bible


WHERE Jesus-
Goes off by himself
To pray=
We need
To do that too


“This is what
The Lord says=


'Stand at the crossroads
And look=
Ask for
The ancient paths


Ask where the good way is-
And walk in it


And you will FIND REST
For your souls'” Jeremiah 6:16


“Come to me
All you-
Who are weary
And burdened
And I will GIVE YOU REST” Matthew 11:28


So BE LIKE Jesus=
Take a little time
To yourself EACH DAY
If you can


And WITHDRAW to REST
And to pray


In the names of Jesus=and our ever RESTFUL GOD


Robert P. Wallman
1-22-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Elizabeth Duffy