Rest is a wonderful gift, and God wants to give it to us.Like road trips, life can get tiring, where we need to pull over and take a break. Sometimes, though, it’s hard for us to see that we need to take a break.Yet, hectic traffic, bumpy road conditions, hunger, and tiredness all help us to pull over at times during road trips to rest. Likewise, God often works through situations and circumstances in our lives, things beyond our control, to help us see we need to leave the weariness behind for a while and find rest with Him. Jesus says in Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”Just like rest areas are places where our bodies, minds, and emotions find relief during a long trip, resting in the Lord frees us from concerns, fears, and doubts, bringing refreshment and renewal to our body soul, and spirit. So, instead of feeling like we have to push harder to for destination, we’ve learned to receive God’s gift of rest, trusting that He’ll get us to our destination on time.6. God want us to trust His direction.Once on a trip to Palm Spring, California, our printed map showed us towns along the way, leading us to think there would be gas stations fast-food places on the route, and restrooms available.But much to our surprise, the towns listed on the map were abandoned places with no facilities. The map’s misleading information led us to run out of gas on the side of the interstate miles from facilities, in the middle of a 113-degree desert.Like our map, God taught us that our directions on road trips and in life are only as good as the map we’re following. That’s why we can trust following the Bible, because we know our source is based on God’s truth and will not disappoint or fail us. As Jesus assures us in Luke 1:37, “For no word from God will ever fail.”Also, when driving on roads, there are signs along the way instructing us about how fast to travel on the road, how far ahead the next exit or rest area is located, if there is road construction ahead or dangerous road conditions coming up, all there to help direct us so we stay on the correct route and know which direction to go. They also clue us about when to stop, turn, slow down, and more. God does the same for us in His word, such as the Ten Commandments, that serve like road signs for life, helping us to know which direction to go and how to stay on the path that lead to life.Isaiah 35:8 describes “And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.”Although the Ten Commandments don’t save us, they lead us in following God’s highway, the Way of Holiness, by teaching us the ways of holiness. Proverbs 16:17 describes it more, “The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.”Photo Credit: ©Getty Images/Kosamtu
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