| Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he (Jesus) said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” |
| —Mark 6:31 |
Unless you find yourself in a much less chaotic place in your life than I do, every day you are likely assailed by confusion and rapidly changing demands. Sometimes, we feel like the comical baker in the television advertisement for a national donut chain who meets himself both coming and going at the door to the bakery.
Jesus understands that this kind of chaos breeds a whole laundry list of ailments. The antidote to a chaotic world is to get apart and rest. Notice what Jesus told His disciples, as recorded in Mark 6:31:
Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he (Jesus) said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Let’s start this new day with a determination to find some time to get apart from the chaos, find a quiet place, and rest. That would be a good time to talk with Jesus about what’s going on in our lives. It would also be an excellent time to just sit peacefully and quietly in His divine Presence.
If we follow Christ’s admonition, our days will become much more manageable. We will find that we can bring some control to the chaos. Or, at the very least, we will not become as affected by the chaos that afflicts our lives.
Based on a blog originally posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017
