Promise Keepers Canada’s Men of Integrity Devotional,

published by Christianity Today International.

The Illusion

Key Bible Verse: I find rest in God; only he can save me. (Psalm 62:1, NCV)

Dig Deeper: Psalm 62:5-8
A life out of control, a life spinning on the hamster wheel, and a life running on empty are all indicators that something is wrong. We want it all, but the problem is that the it keeps changing; the bar we have to jump over to succeed keeps getting higher, and then there’s the shame we wallow in when we fail. Something is missing.

Rhythm is missing. Rather than trying harder to do it all better, how can we rediscover a rhythm that is sustainable and life-giving?

Our problem with the famous verse from Ecclesiastes about there being “a time for everything” is that we want everything crammed into now, we simply do not like to wait for the next “time” to come around.

Have we forgotten who we are as human beings, created in the image of God and the very beloved of God? Do we have to live by a standard that robs us of our buying generic cialis souls as image bearers of God and lowers us to teeth-baring, annihilating creatures? This is the lie we’ve bought. It’s all an illusion.
Can you imagine your life with less stress, less fatigue, and less discouragement? How about more peace, more hope, and more joy?

—Stephen W. Smith in The Jesus Life

My Response: I will reflect on the two questions at the end of this reading. I will then consider what I might need to change in order to experience more peace, hope, and joy.

Thought to Apply: It does seem to me that at least some of us have made an idol of exhaustion. The only time we know we have done enough is when we are running on empty and when the ones we love most are the ones we see the least.—Barbara Brown Taylor (writer, professor)

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