Are you one of those many people who are overworked? Too much to do? Working two jobs just to make ends meet, exhausted at night, tired each morning? Too busy even to gulp down a little "daily bread" that the Heavenly Father promises to feed you (see the Lord's Prayer)? Feel almost driven to distraction? Your Heavenly Father has help for you:
(1) The Sabbath is your day of rest (Ex. 20:8-11). "But you don't understand," you say, "today is not the Sabbath--it's Monday, or whatever! There's no 'rest' today!" Ah yes, but look again at that great fourth commandment, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy ..." "Remember" during your exhausting week that your Father has delicious "rest" for you, and the simple remembering will ease your burden today. That's part of what Jesus means when He says, "My yoke is easy and My burden is light," so "Come" even if it's Monday or whatever. Maybe every muscle aches and you're "bone-tired." To believe you have "rest" in Him is an immense relief to your "soul" right now, He says (Matt. 11:28-30).
(2) "Yes, but you don't understand! I feel like I'm just a slave! Endless labor night and day! I never have time for myself!" Now the Lord opens another window in heaven to pour you out a blessing: Paul told the slaves of his day that they were especially beloved of Heaven (they still are!). "He who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord's freedman; similarly, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men" (1 Cor. 7:22-24, NIV). In other words, consider yourself the Lord's "slave" bought at His cross; not of the corporation you work for. He (not they) is a merciful Master. "Slaves, ... serve wholeheartedly as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone, ... slave or free" (Eph. 6:5-8, NIV). You don't belong to yourself? "Remember": the Lord of glory became a "slave," giving up belonging to Himself, for you (Phil. 2:5-8). Be "free" in Him!
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 29, 2002.
Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
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