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Ever get to that \u201cI need to peel a roll of cookie dough and eat it like a banana\u201d state of stressed? <\/span><\/p>\n

Cookie dough. So good, but so bad. But I\u2019m talking about a shaky-hand kind of stress that goes beyond even the \u201cI have to pour liquid into a small-necked container\u201d level of stress.<\/span><\/p>\n

I confess, I can be bad at guessing the timing of rest\u2014and how much I need it. I usually under-rest-imate.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I want you to know, I get it. I live mostly in an \u201cimmediately if not sooner\u201d life space. It\u2019s a heavy-yoked place of a dictatorial to-do list. I woke up a few mornings ago feeling a little worried that I had used up all the available stress. Like I\u2019d used it all and hadn\u2019t saved any for anybody else.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlexa, take my stress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Or better, \u201cAlexa, at least take the first half of my to-do list. I\u2019ll start on the rest of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It was worth a shot. Though Alexa is probably judging me, and I can\u2019t much blame her. How can I start on the \u201crest of it\u201d while I\u2019m so sorely neglecting the rest of it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether I\u2019m zipping through the list, chasing down kids, caring for people, keeping up a household, sprinting through one job or another\u2014if I don\u2019t take an intentional rest, the to-do list will outpace me. Those stresses, overtake me. <\/span><\/p>\n

Rest is critical for winning a life race. It\u2019s needed from the cookie dough level all the way up. We find a very particular, soul-buoying rest in Psalm 62:5-6. \u201cRest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be shaken\u201d (CSB).<\/span><\/p>\n

No shaky hands here. The first instruction for the soul is to rest. In its original Hebrew, the word for rest can mean quietness. Even stillness. Not my usual posture for bulldozing through a day full of stresses, for sure. But let\u2019s be real, even if we get everything done that we set out to do, there\u2019s no soul satisfaction if we\u2019ve merely been serving a list. I can never rest in accomplishments that are of my own design. Or anyone else\u2019s design other than my great and glorious God of rest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rest in Alexa? Nope. Not in cookie dough either. There is only one real rest. Verse five makes it clear that it\u2019s in \u201cGod alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus said in Matthew 11:28-30, \u201cCome to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light\u201d (CSB).<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Triune God offers rest on every level. Soul rest. He offers a yoke that\u2019s \u201ceasy,\u201d with the Greek word \u201cchrestos<\/em>\u201d giving the idea of a tailormade yoke that just fits. If your to-do yoke is a stressor that\u2019s uncomfortable and ill-fitting, it may mean you\u2019ve yoked yourself, or allowed some other person to. The Lord doesn\u2019t necessarily give us a cinchy calling. Sometimes it\u2019s hard work. But it always fits perfectly, comes with great satisfaction, and a sure hope that comes right along with it. And yes, rest. We can sweetly rest under His care. What a wonderfully de-stressing thought to chew on all day.<\/span><\/p>\n

So put that illegal roll of cookie dough back in the fridge. You\u2019re under a REST. And it\u2019s good.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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