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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

REST! REFRESH! FIND JOY!



          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  If you have a busy day planned, don’t forget your JOY JUICE because it will help to sustain you!

            So often we seem to get in a rut! We get up, go to work, take care of our daily responsibilities, run errands, attend meetings, come home, fall into bed exhausted, and then get up and do it all again the next day. Many of us try to pack too much into our days!

            I’m trying to learn the lesson that though there are many good things that we can choose to do, God’s BEST is what we should strive for.  We are instructed to do everything “as unto the Lord”. When we are consumed with our work at the expense of neglecting our personal relationship with Him or not having time for family, then we’re too busy.
  
          There always seems to be plenty to do and not enough time to rest.  Yet God demonstrated that rest is appropriate and right.  Genesis tells us that on the seventh day, God rested.  Now, He didn’t do this because He was tired.  He was setting an example for us!  Our times of rest should refresh us for times of SERVICE.

            Take the time to evaluate your schedule.  Ask God to show you the difference between what is good and what is truly His best!  When we are in the center of His will, He will guide and equip us.  As Isaiah 40:31 says: “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.” And renewed strength brings much renewed JOY!

Drink your JOY JUICE faithfully and share a double portion of that JOY with all those who need extra strength today!


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