I can't get no satisfaction... or how to be satisfied

Pastor Mark says, "If you have placed yourself in God's hands He is already carrying the weight of your your burdens because He is carrying you. The only question is the issue of control. If He is supporting the weight already why not let Him hold all of your cares and concerns so that you can know the peace and rest of being safe in your Father's arms."

God spent six days creating and then on the seventh day He rested.

Man was created and then on his first whole day on the Earth, God invited him to spend a day of rest.

It isn't that God actually needed rest, but He desired to enjoy His creation. He also wanted to teach us by example the importance of a weekly day of rest.

We should not look at our rest as the end of a week or the the time to recover from a stressful week. We should view that day of rest as a preparation for the week to come.

The principles of stewardship apply as much or more to our time as they do our finances. We should be purposefully giving God the first part instead of the leftovers. If you give Him what is first, the rest will always be enough because it forces us to prioritize based on God's perspective. If you wait to give Him what is leftover, you will never have enough and you will never be satisfied.

God prizes our gifts of time more highly than He does our monetary/material gifts. He asks us to trust Him enough to give Him the "first fruits" of our increase. With our finances He asks for the tithe or first 10%. With the stewardship of our time He asks for 1/7 or 14.285%.

If you will dare to trust Him enough to dedicate the first part of your week to Him, He will bring the satisfaction and joy to the rest of your week.

Keep living the New Life!

Pastor Mark