Easy Rhythms

Jesus was at Ease

“The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, ‘Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’” – Mark 6:30,31 We talked about the power of intentional rest the other day, and how it may help us free our minds and find peace. Today, I want to give you a second challenge for the new year, one that I feel will significantly improve your quality of life — don’t hurry! You’ve undoubtedly heard me say it before, but you must “ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life,” as Dallas Willard, one of my religious heroes, puts it. Slowing down my pace has improved my quality of life and my capacity to be an effective Jesus follower significantly.

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Easy Rhythms

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.’” – Matthew 4:1-3 I believe that when you keep your eyes on the mountain, your mission, you are able to be at peace with the fact that you’re not at your destiny yet. Even though it seems like everybody else is getting there, don’t hurry. You are not the one getting you there, anyway. The Lord is doing it. So trust in Him and He’ll get you there. I always think, whenever I read the temptation of Jesus, that His biggest temptation was to hurry. The devil is tempting Jesus to do something, right now. Like turning stones into bread, or jumping of the

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