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 3: Luke 14:29, 2 Corinthians 12:9 Pay the cost of discipleship! While salvation is received through God's grace, as recipients of salvation, in order to live the life of a disciple, we must pay the cost. However, many Christians are unwilling to pay the cost of discipleship. As a result, they only build the foundation of faith and easily succumb to various temptations of the devil, living a life that transgresses against God, or becoming Christians who are ridiculed by worldly people (Lk. 14:29). The reason why so many Christians inevitably become objects of ridicule and mockery by worldly people is because they have not paid the cost of discipleship. Therefore, as disciples of Jesus, we must pay the cost of discipleship. Each of us must take up our own cross and follow Jesus. Without the cross of the heart or the cross of life, we cannot simply carry an ornamental cross and expect to pay the cost of d...