“Come ye yourselves apart...and rest a while.” Someone has said, “If you don’t come apart and rest, you’ll come apart.” There is a legitimate indictment that can be brought against many Christian leaders today for not encouraging those under them to heed our Lord’s admonition to His weary followers. Instead, some, as Pharaoh of old, command, “Let there be more work laid upon the men.” In most cases, this is done because of the fact that a very small percentage does the work in any church or Christian organization. Hence, those who do labor are left to do the work of two or three people.
Beware, child of God that you do not get more on your plate than you can “eat.” If so, one of two things will happen: either there will be things left untouched, or you will try to consume it all and become sick of the very thing you should enjoy.
Some practical sayings we need to ponder and apply are: “Duties never conflict”; “His reach exceeds his grasp”; His eyes are bigger than his stomach”; “We are to be busy but never rushed”; “He bit off more than he could chew”; and, “The overly committed are committing spiritual suicide.” Martha’s problem was in her “many things,” rather than the Lord’s “one thing.”
You may have a lot of irons in the fire, but you can only use one at a time.
No comments:
Post a Comment