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Give It A Rest
070608 Friday, June 08, 2007 Daily Message
By Brent Riggs
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Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (NKJV)
A servant is dependent on the Master for all things - provision, instructions, relief, compassion... whatever the need may be. Unlike the worldly idea of servitude which has the "master" as another selfish, imperfect and incomplete human being, our Master is perfect in all ways. He cares for us perfectly, provides for us perfectly, chastises us perfectly and guides us perfectly. This is a true blessing for us. As servants, we are not menial slaves with no value to the master, but we are His prized possessions, whom He cares about and loves in all ways. So we can rest in knowing that He is the source of everything we need to live a good and holy life (2Pet 1.3).
Rest. What does that mean exactly? Is it sleep? Is it leisure time? Is it a lack of responsibility? Rest is the deep, stress-relieving, peace-cultivating assurance that all is well, all is taken care of, all is provided and all is secure. All. Why all? Because this assurance that "all is well" is not dependent on my abilities, my power or my performance. All is well because my Master is the Creator-Sustainer of the Universe and not one single atom of this universe escapes His attention or control.
If I truly believe that Jesus Christ my Savior is my Master, and the King of Universe, and the Creator of All, then why, oh why, would I choose to be anxious or concerned about this life? If I believe that Jesus is All-Knowing, All-Powerful and All-Present then what care or circumstance should ever cause me to worry? What need should ever give me concern? What situation should ever cause me to fear?
If I believe that Jesus Christ is perfectly loving, caring and merciful, how could I ever feel lonely, forsaken or forgotten?
If I believe that Jesus, my Master, is the source of my strength and life, then what prevents me from giving up my own anxious, stressed-out striving? What keeps me from finding rest and peace in Him? (Answer: nothing, except my own choice to pretend to be my own master instead of totally surrendering to Him at all times).
If you are weary and burdened, tired and worn, stressed and anxious - there is rest waiting for you - find it as a humble servant, safe in the arms of Jesus.
Lord God, help us to learn to truly rest in You, knowing that NOTHING in this life is worth our anxiety or toiling. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
James 1:22 - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (NKJV)
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A Few Bible Verses that contain "servant":
Revelation 22:9 And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.
Revelation 22:6 And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angels to show unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass.
Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him;
Revelation 19:10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Revelation 19:5 And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great.
Revelation 19:2 for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
Revelation 11:18 And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and `the time' to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.
Revelation 10:7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished they mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets.
Revelation 7:3 saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.
Revelation 6:11 And there was given them to each one a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, who should be killed even as they were, should have fulfilled `their course'.
Revelation 2:20 But I have `this' against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, `even' the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified `it' by his angel unto his servant John;
Jude 1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
2 Peter 2:19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and `the' Saviour Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 2:18 servants, `be' in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
1 Peter 2:16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting.
Hebrews 3:5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;
Philemon 1:16 no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Titus 2:9 `Exhort' servants to be in subjection to their own masters, `and' to be well-pleasing `to them' in all things; not gainsaying;
Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 Timothy 2:24 And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
1 Timothy 6:1 Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.
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