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...
The gift that came by the grace of Jesus Christ [Romans 5:12-21] I will give you an English test question. What does the English word “present” mean? What does it mean in Korean? The word “present” can be either “the present” or “gift” in Korean. When I think about these two meanings, I get a lesson to think of the present life as a gift. When I heard the news that a co-worker whom I had been praying for two weeks ago fell asleep (died) in the Lord, I thought that I should value the time given to me every day and enjoy it in the Lord. We should cherish every moment. Today is a gift given to us, so we must live thinking of the present as a present. Romans 5:15 speaks of “the gift.” The Scripture says that we who believe in Jesus have received the gift. What gift is the apostle Paul talking about? I would like to think about this gift in four ways. First, th...