“You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remember the Rock, your fortress. Therefore though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines, though on the day you set them out you make them grow, and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud, yet the harvest will be as nothing in the day of disease and incurable pain.”
Isaiah 17:10-11
When striving ceases, trust in God increases.
I work hard at everything I do, and I’ve done things this way all my life. But all my life I haven’t worked hard for the right reasons. I’m not saying I ever worked hard for bad reasons, just not the right reasons. When I was young I would work hard to please my parents, to help someone in need, to build friendships or make friends. Most of the time though it was to please people so they’d like me. But that was striving, that was exhausting, and it never seemed to fill me. It was never enough. I was never enough.
All this striving was during the time that I was trusting in my own abilities and not God’s ability to use me.
As I turned back to God, I began to trust him and his plan for my life. The striving decreased and the work came with peace. I began to see life grow from my work as I followed his lead, and my work became joyful and no longer exhausting.
When we forget God, life is hard work. But when we trust in God and work for him, life may still be hard but the work is no longer burdensome.
Jesus says it best, in Matthew 11:28-30, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Come to God, Remember God, Trust in the Lord your Savior, and witness the Beauty that comes from the work you do.
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