READ:
Mark 6:34-44
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
-Galatians 6:9
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Isaiah 34-36
Colossians 2
One of my favourite childhood toys is making a comeback – the hula hoop.
My friend Suzi and I spent hours on the front lawn perfecting our
technique and competing to see which of us could keep a hoop circling
our waist longer. This year I relived that part of my childhood. While
sitting in a park, I watched as children of all ages and sizes tried
their hardest to keep hula hoops from falling to the ground. They
twisted and turned with all their strength, but despite their exertion,
the hoops landed on the ground. Then a young woman picked up a hoop.
With hardly any motion, she moved it smoothly and rhythmically up and
down from her waist to her shoulders and back to her waist. Her success
depended on strategic movement, not vigorous motion.
In our spiritual lives, we can expend all kinds of energy trying to keep
up with others in service to God. But working to exhaustion is not a
virtue (Galatians 6:9). Before feeding thousands of people with only five loaves and two fish (Mark 6:38-44),
Jesus called His disciples away to rest, proving that He doesn’t need
our frantic exertion to accomplish His work. The truth Jesus taught His
disciples, He wants to teach us: Quiet obedience accomplishes more than
wild activity. – Julie Ackerman Link
Help me, Lord, not to compare myself and what I do with others. May I
serve where You want me to serve and do it in Your strength.
I love You and give myself to You.
Jesus wants willingness, not weariness.
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