Rest and EnJOY His JOY!

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Sit back, relax and enjoy a refreshing drink on this hot summer day!

School children (and their teachers) look forward to summer.  No more setting alarm clocks and racing to stay on schedule! It’s a different pace than the rest of the year!  Hopefully, there will be time for some R & R…..rest and relaxation!  Time for “chilling” with friends and family!  Maybe tackle a fun project or read a good book. Even God set aside a day for rest, you know!  Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. (NIV)
 

Summer!  Time to make sweet, JOYful memories.  Whether we go out of town on a vacation or stay home for a “stay-cation”, we need to take some time to rest.  The Bible tells us repeatedly that rest is a good thing!

Hebrews 4:10: “for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.” (NIV)

Genesis 49:15 And he saw that rest was good (KJV)

Exodus 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. (KJV)

            God created us to need rest!  He knows that if we keep pushing ourselves beyond what our bodies are capable of doing, then we are going to suffer physically, emotionally, mentally….and even spiritually.  So, pull away from the hurry and worry, the hustle and bustle….slow down and REST in Him. 

            EnJOY your summer by finding time to rest and cool off with the JOY JUICE of Jesus!