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 13: Luke 23, Romans 6:23 He ought not to live any longer The Apostle Paul was an upright and blameless man. However, he was marked as a man who out not to live any longer by all the Jewish crowds. Governor Festus could not find any punishable offense in him, but the Jewish people branded him as someone not to be spared, treating him as if he were a condemned criminal. When we look at him, we think of Jesus. When accused, Pilate, even though he found no crime worthy of death in Jesus, allowed the Jewish crowd to crucify Him on the cross (Lk. 23). How unjust a death was this? Why did Jesus have to be put to death on the accursed tree of the cross? The reason is to grant eternal life to you and me (Rom. 6:23). Do you not desire to receive this gift of eternal life? To receive it, you must believe in Jesus. May God grant you the faith that leads to salvation. ...