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Rest isn't escape. It's partnership. You work fully engaged but unafraid of outcomes. That's the yoke Jesus offers.
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There is a confusion at the heart of
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modern Christian life.
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We have been told to rest, [music]
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so we rest poorly.
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We have been told that works cannot save
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us, so we drift into passivity. We have
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been told that God is in control, so we
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stop paying attention.
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And we call [music] this peace. It is
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not peace. It is
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escape dressed in spiritual language.
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Consider what the scripture actually
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says.
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Jesus says,
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"Come to me, all you who are weary and
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burdened, and I will give you rest.
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>> [music]
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>> Rest,
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but then what follows?
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Take my yoke upon you
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>> [music]
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>> and learn from me,
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for I am gentle and humble in heart,
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and you will find rest for your souls.
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For my yoke is easy and my burden is
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light."
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A yoke is not the absence of burden.
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It is burden carried in partnership.
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Rest is not the absence of work.
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It is work done in trust without the
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crushing weight of anxiety about
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outcomes.
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Laziness is the [music] refusal to do
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what is yours to do. Rest is the refusal
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to do what is not yours to do.
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One is sin, [music]
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the other is obedience. There is a
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terrible grace in this distinction. It
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means you cannot simply check [music]
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out. You cannot blame God for your
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failures and call it faith. You must be
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fully present to your responsibilities,
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fully engaged in your calling, fully
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attentive to the work in front of you.
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That is not laziness.
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>> [music]
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>> That is integrity.
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But, and this is crucial, you must do it
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without
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desperation,
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without the feverish quality of someone
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who believes the outcome
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depends entirely on them.
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You work with all your strength,
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>> [music]
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>> and
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you trust God with the harvest.
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Isaiah speaks of it this way, "By
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returning and rest, you shall be saved.
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In quietness and in trust shall be your
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strength.
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Not rest [music] instead of work, rest
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and work
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held together.
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The strength to act,
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the trust to let go of outcomes.
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This is the narrow path.
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Not striving,
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not slacking,
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but [music] presence.
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Full, sober,
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attentive
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presence to
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what you have been given to do and
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the deep abiding confidence
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that you are not alone
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in it.
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