It's hard to believe the summer is nearly gone. I love vacation times when I can truly relax and simply enjoy time with the fam. Too often we allow our lives to become so inundated with activity that we don't take opportunities to just "rest" and be still. Last night I heard an interesting take on Jesus's Feeding of the 5,000 from Pricilla Shirer, a bible study instructor. Before Jesus fed anyone, he first issued the call for the people to "sit-down." In order for God to fill us up and for us to experience His rest, (which by the way he longs to give us), we must first obey by "sitting down."

We get so caught up in our "missions" in life that sometimes we forget to savor the savior. More than sacrifice, Christ deeply desires our obedience. It's interesting to me that one of the things we long so much for in rest we also wrestle ourselves away from it. God commands us to take time out of our lives to "sit down." If we don't, we miss out on some of the miracles of the 5,000. Scripture points out that only those who sat down were fed - so what happend to all those who didn't? I can't help but imagine that they missed out on something pretty special, and that we can probably relate too much to that reality. Remember Mary and Martha, the one too busy to sit down and the one who chose to do so? Even Jesus pointed out that at that time, Mary had chosen the best thing, to sit at the Lord's feet. Sometimes the "best" thing to do is to "sit-down" and spend some much needed time with the King of all Kings, our Father.