it is finished

does anybody else feel worn out trying to get everything done?

if i sit down and write out a simple list of the most important things in my life
trying to do everything i feel like i need to do for those priorities in a day seems impossible!

we're never really done

and then God tells us things like...

be still
and know that I am God

he tell us to rest
slow down

he tells us sitting at his feet is better than preparing him a meal

how can he expect this?
i mean... honestly i feel like my priorities are God's heart most of the time!
i feel like God wants me to make some person a priority
i feel like he wants me to be part of this or that
how can he tell me to slow down and give it a rest if these things are his ideas!?






check this out
Jesus did the whole ministry thing for 3 years
he had just...
3 years to teach people what God's heart is
3 years to convince people of who he was
3 years to make a difference in people's lives
3 years to train a handful of disciples to the point that they were capable of changing the world

okay really now
3 years?

some of you reading this are in college or older
i know
that you realize how short 3 years is.
if you're in my class, we're a few short weeks from being halfway through that.
double the time you've been in college. that's how long Jesus had to make a complete and permanent impact on the entire world.

even if you're younger i'm sure you can understand this
3 years
is not a long time

at all.






what did he say after 3 years?
John 17:4
"I have brought you glory on earth by...
completing
the work you gave me to do"


does that even make sense?
how could he say that?

surely there's something else he could do!
there's always another person to be healed.
there's always another lesson to be taught.

but no

his work was completed

interesting
how is this?

i think it lies in our priorities
even if they're not excellent ones

we weren't created to be so task oriented

Jesus knew who he was
who he belonged to

that's the first step
to BE

then what did he do?
look at Mark 1:35-39

he sought out God
God's will
each day
and the strength to carry it out

he didn't have a list of priorities and a long to-do list of ways to meet those

it was so simple to him

and at the end of the day
he could say "everything i came to do is finished"

just think about it yourself

and seek to live in a way
that when you go to bed each night
you are at peace as you say "the work God has given me to day is complete"