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...
Day 21: 1 Chronicles 28:9-10 Father David As a father, what words of counsel did David give to his beloved son Solomon? Firstly, Father David told Solomon, 'Know the God of your father' (1 Chron. 28:9). David said this to Solomon because he wanted to pass on to his son the right knowledge about God. The correct knowledge he wanted to impart to his son was the fact that their God is a God of covenant. Father David knew that Solomon desired to know the God of the covenant, for Solomon sought to receive the blessings of prosperity from God (1 Kgs. 2:3). Secondly, Father David told Solomon, 'Serve your father's God with a whole heart and a willing mind' (1 Chron. 28:9). Father David desired not only for Solomon to receive the blessings of prosperity from God but also to keep those received blessings. The key to this was serving the Lord with a whole heart. Thirdly,...