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...
Service that pleases God [Romans 14:13-23] We have already learned, based on Romans 14:1-12, that saints who seek maturity in faith must accept each other. We are taught that saints who are strong in faith must receive saints who are weak in faith, and saints who are weak in faith must also receive saints who are strong in faith. Why? Why should we accept each other? The reason is because God has accepted all of us (v. 3). How can we receive each other when we have different levels of maturity in faith? How can we overcome our differences? Three lessons have been learned. Those three lessons are (1) We should all have a grateful heart, (2) We should do everything for the Lord, and (3) We must all stand before the judgment seat of God and recognize that each of us must report to God all of our own works (including those we have done according to our conscience). With th...