Rest
Jesus said,
While there are some rough spots North America and particularly here in Canada where I live is all inclusive. Again a very good thing.
The one problem I find with our society here in Canada is that things never seem to stop. People never put down their electronic devices.
I watched one person walking in the downtown of our city interacting with his smart phone walk into a plant pot that was a metre high by three metre square. He wasn’t hurt. Still it could just as easily been a car with more serious consequences.
Phones and high tech devices aside in all major cities stores and restaurants are open night and day. Major cities do not sleep.
When I was young long before computers (yes I’m that old born two years before Sputnik) it was predicted that computers would make life easier and reduce the work week. It was predicted we’d have so much free time we wouldn’t know what to do with it. We know today they were wrong.
Computers have simply made it easier to take work home with us and to work from home. Experts tell us that especially here in North America many people don’t take all of their allotted vacation time. Many take work with them on vacation.
If ever there was a generation in need of rest it is we who live in the opening decades of the twenty-first century. Yet many are not finding that rest.
They work hard. They work long hours. all to get the so called “good life” our society espouses yet they either can’t enjoy it or can’t attain it. Many are disillusioned with life and society. Suicide rates are through the roof. Life for many has become meaningless.
The writer of Ecclesiastes makes three points that seem to agree with the meaninglessness of life up saying,
“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun”Ecclesiastes 1:9
“I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” Ecclesiastes 1:14
“To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” Ecclesiastes 2:26.
But there is hope.
There is a God who loves and cares for you. A God who can make life meaningful and rewarding.
The cry of Jesus to all people is,
The apostle Paul tells us,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8,9.
The writer of Hebrews states,
“In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” Hebrews 1:1-3.
To those who read this blog I would say there is a God who truly loves you. He has showed Himself through His one and only Son Jesus Christ. That by truly accepting Christ into your life you can and will find hope and rest for your soul.
Please think about it.
Jesus said,
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
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.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30.
As I look around me here in North America I see a remarkable society that goes as they say twenty-four, seven. Here in North America you can get anything you want. You can live as you want. All of which is a good thing.While there are some rough spots North America and particularly here in Canada where I live is all inclusive. Again a very good thing.
The one problem I find with our society here in Canada is that things never seem to stop. People never put down their electronic devices.
I watched one person walking in the downtown of our city interacting with his smart phone walk into a plant pot that was a metre high by three metre square. He wasn’t hurt. Still it could just as easily been a car with more serious consequences.
Phones and high tech devices aside in all major cities stores and restaurants are open night and day. Major cities do not sleep.
When I was young long before computers (yes I’m that old born two years before Sputnik) it was predicted that computers would make life easier and reduce the work week. It was predicted we’d have so much free time we wouldn’t know what to do with it. We know today they were wrong.
Computers have simply made it easier to take work home with us and to work from home. Experts tell us that especially here in North America many people don’t take all of their allotted vacation time. Many take work with them on vacation.
If ever there was a generation in need of rest it is we who live in the opening decades of the twenty-first century. Yet many are not finding that rest.
They work hard. They work long hours. all to get the so called “good life” our society espouses yet they either can’t enjoy it or can’t attain it. Many are disillusioned with life and society. Suicide rates are through the roof. Life for many has become meaningless.
The writer of Ecclesiastes makes three points that seem to agree with the meaninglessness of life up saying,
“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun”Ecclesiastes 1:9
“I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” Ecclesiastes 1:14
“To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” Ecclesiastes 2:26.
But there is hope.
There is a God who loves and cares for you. A God who can make life meaningful and rewarding.
The cry of Jesus to all people is,
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
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.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30.
You can find peace and rest for your soul all you have to do is accept the salvation gift God offers you through Jesus Christ.The apostle Paul tells us,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8,9.
The writer of Hebrews states,
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
“And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists
and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6.
The writer of Hebrew also states,“In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” Hebrews 1:1-3.
To those who read this blog I would say there is a God who truly loves you. He has showed Himself through His one and only Son Jesus Christ. That by truly accepting Christ into your life you can and will find hope and rest for your soul.
Please think about it.
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