IBS-Heart of My Own Heart

Sept. 13, 2011

Luke 17:7

"'And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him, when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'?"

"Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, Oh ruler of all." This song echoes in my head as I pray, waiting for, as I told Kayla, "revelation" from the Holy Spirit. This picture that Jesus paints, reminds me of our relationship with the Father. We are the servant, doing His works, for His glory, not personal gain (for we are not workers, but slaves). He is the master. When we are done with the work laid before us,  tired and worn, He says, "Come all you who labor and are heavy-laden and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28). I pertain this as Jesus asking us if we will do as the Father. Are we ones to have compassion on those who do work for us, even those "indebted" to us here on this earth? For our Father is ruler of all, and yet He still has compassion, and gives us what we need. Sometimes I feel as if I won't be able to go on. I feel as if the task before me is never-ending, and I won't be able to continue, to make it another day. But God knows more than I. He alone, knows what all I can handle, what is best for me, for He has a heart of my own heart. He knows me inside and out, and as my loving Father, has my best interests at heart. When the day is done, and I am filled with worry, or worn down He just asks me to come, come in from tending the sheep, 'Come at once and sit down to eat." In the way God cares for us, so Jesus asks us, as servants, to be. 

I want to have faith that at the end of the day, when I have been working, physically and emotionally, that God will give me rest. I am determined to get to bed earlier than I have been, so I can soak up the rest God wants to give me, and be faithful to Him, in everything I do, as He is faithful to me.