Mark 6
In Rhythm with the Conductor!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church. Today is Saturday, April 25
I enjoy listening to music. One of the things I have learned about music is that rhythm is not just about what a musician does (playing notes), but also about what the musician doesn’t do (pausing). In an orchestra, there is a conductor whose job is to “stress the musical pulse so that all the performers can follow the same metrical rhythm” (google search definition).
The same is true for our lives. In Mark 6, Jesus is at work conducting the disciples to both work and rest. He is teaching them to live a grace-paced life in His easy yoke, surrendered to the will of His Father so that they will work and rest to His glory. In verse 7, Jesus taught them to work by “[sending] them out two by two and [giving] them authority over evil spirits.” In verse 31, Jesus commanded them to rest, inviting them to “Come with [Him] by [them]selves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Then in verse 37, Jesus pulls them out of rest time saying, “You give them something to eat.” Jesus calls them to work together, to rest together, but He also models the need for some alone time. In verse 46, “After leaving them, He went up on a mountainside to pray.”
Are you in rhythm with the Conductor of your life? Are you focusing on His directions?
Seize the moment and get into a grace-paced rhythm with Jesus. How? By focusing on the great Conductor of your life. We live in a productivity-oriented culture, but what is the rhythm of your life if you are always hitting the next note instead of learning how and when to pause. Who or what is setting the rhythm of your life?
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