Daily Journal: 6 February

Pace Yourself

Days can get overwhelming and we can struggle to maintain a happy equilibrium when we allow ourselves to get stretched too thin.

How do we manage our time, our relationships, and prioritise? What expectations do we carry of ourselves and of others?

The need to pace yourself means you’re aware that pressures can control you. You might become impatient, anxious, worried, irritable, or not able to sleep. Perhaps you give in to demands and have too many time restrictions, too many things requiring your attention.

Pace yourself.

Take your basketful of stresses before the Lord and reprioritise your activities, your responsibilities, even your heart. Not everything that is good is necessary. Rest, seek God, and rethink.

Rest is important to the Lord. He created the Sabbath as a day of rest so that we would follow the principle. Giving ourselves the rest, the quiet spaces, enables us to bring more of ourselves, in quality, to our life and our people.

1 Peter 5:7 (NCV)

Give all your worries to him, because he cares about you.

Colossians 3:15 (NLV)

Let the peace of Christ have power over your hearts. You were chosen as a part of His body. Always be thankful.

Psalm 55:22 (NLT)

Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.

Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

Matthew 11:28 (NCV)

 “Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest.

When Jesus becomes our Sabbath rest, we realise our rest isn’t about a day, a time or a place, it’s about our mindset and the way we carry ourselves. In Him, is our rest, every day. In Him, is our peace, every moment. In Him, is our strength, to carry our load. In Him is our wisdom, to make good choices.

We need to seek Him until we find Him. Wait for Him until He shows us how to pace ourselves, to live in His rest, and carry His peace.

Psalm 46:10 (NASB1995)

"Cease striving and know that I am God;