Stop Stressing!

REFERENCE: Psalms 127:2 It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.

Observation: What is this verse telling us; that we shouldn’t work hard? Proverbs certainly suggests just the opposite. It encourages hard work and warns strongly against laziness.

What the Psalmist is encouraging is a heart attitude of peaceful rest, free from anxiety. What God wants us to do is to simply live in obedience to Him--to let Him set the pace for our life. As we do that then we will find a life that can be lived productively and in restful peace.

Application/Confession: Jesus said that He only could do what He saw the Father doing. I am convinced that I would be much more at peace and stress free if I could only learn to live this way. God does give rest to His loved ones. I really want to live in that rest.

PRAYER: Lord, free me from the need to "make it all work out". My life, my family, my ministry are all in your hands. Teach me to leave them there and live in the rest that your grace promises.