BBD 06.01.21 Finding Rest and Peace (Classic)
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Classic from 2001
The Burning Bush Devotional
01 June 2021
Finding Rest and Peace
‘There is
no peace,’ says the Lord, ‘for the wicked.’ - Isaiah 48:22.
But the
wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up
mire and dirt. ‘There is no peace,’ says my God, ‘for the wicked.’ - Isaiah
57:20-21.
Their
feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts
are the thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. -
Isaiah 59:7.
The way
of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their ways; they have
made themselves crooked paths; whoever takes that way shall not know peace. -
Isaiah 59:8.
A new
study is out, which has found that 40% of Americans are having trouble staying
awake on the job. That could be a major problem for those in some occupations,
such as: truck drivers, pilots, air traffic controllers, police officers, fire
fighters and many others. Those who receive the recommended eight hours of
sleep per day are in the minority.
Sleep
is important but the quality of that sleep is much more important. Some close
their eyes at night but receive very little rest, whether they sleep four hours
or twelve. It is hard to sleep when the day you just went through is going
through your mind over and over again. It is hard to sleep when the problems of
tomorrow are heavy upon your heart and mind.
The
fastest way to develop a sleep problem is to travel down one of those “crooked paths” Isaiah talks about.
It may not be the “shedding of innocent blood” but it could be that sin of omission of not doing what you know you
should have done. Or it may be something somewhere in between.
How can
you make your paths straight? How can you have peace and rest? Jesus says, “Come to Me, all
you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon
you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find
rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light (Matthew
11:28).”
(In
2010 this comment was left at the Burning Bush website about the devotional:
Amen, I
cast my burdens unto Jesus for He cares for me or for what happens in my life.
If I meditate on the problems that come, I will be magnifying them to be bigger
and bigger than my LORD. My LORD is bigger awesome in all ways than my
problems, troubles & situations. Holy Spirit teach me to rely on you always
because it's worth to lean on you, my closest friend.)
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