https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/gods-invitation-rest/ Accept God’s Invitation to Rest August 24, 2025 | Scott W. Kay © iStock.com/nullplus Share Post Email Advertise on TGC “It feels so nice to finally stop and catch my breath.” Can you remember the last time you had a moment like that? For some of us, it’s been a while. In our hard-working, highly productive culture, we can sometimes feel like exhausted swimmers swept downstream in a fast-moving river, fighting to keep our heads above water, gasping for air. We get up early and stay up late. We never waste a minute. Our schedule is full, running here, running there, running late, running to catch up, running on empty, until we collapse in utter exhaustion. Underneath the satisfaction of being hard-working, hard-playing people is a weariness that’s desperate for the pace to relent so we can rest and recharge. Deep down, we’re dying to slow down and take a break. We keep telling ours...
God who knows my fear and gives me courage “But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp, and you will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened that you may go down against the camp …” (Judges 7:10-11). It is a world of fear. They are so many fears in this world. They are so many waves in this world that threaten us. We Christians are riding the ship with the Lord our Pilot in this world that is like a dark sea and are striving to paddle toward the Heaven. But on the way to Heaven we meet a big storm that we didn’t expect. Obviously, what we prayed and expected was a calm sea wave. Then we are afraid of the unexpected big storm of our lives. We are afraid to see the big storm. And in fear we try to battle against the great storm (Jonah 1:13). As we keep on trying desperately to row back ...