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 Good morning, Christchurch. My name is Suzy Shin, and I'm part of the Monthly Oakland Family Group.

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 Today's scripture reading is from the Gospel of Mark, chapter 6, verses 30 to 43, as printed in your liturgy.

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 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught.

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 And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.

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 For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

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 And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves.

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 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.

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 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.

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 And he began to teach them many things.

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 And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late.

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 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages, and buy themselves something to eat.

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 But he answered them, You give them something to eat.

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 And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?

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 And he said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see.

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 And when they had found out, they said, Five, and two fish.

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 Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

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 So they sat down in groups by hundreds and by fifties.

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 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing,

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 and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

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 And he divided the two fish among them all.

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 And they all ate and were satisfied.

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 And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, Lord Christ.

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 Good morning.

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 Christ Church, it's good to be with you.

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 My name is Jesse Robinson.

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 I am not a pastor on staff here.

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 I'm a friend of Christ Church, friend of Jonathan's and Andrew's.

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 I'm a pastor of a church called Indelible Grace.

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 We're in Hayward, North Hayward.

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 But Andrew is a dear friend of mine.

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 And since he's taking a sabbatical, I'm trying to give him a favor.

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 With the hope that he'll give me a favor, too.

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 That's how the kingdom works.

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 It's a tit for tat.

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 You might know this, but we're halfway past the middle of summer, right?

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 If you're anything like me, summer is always a tease.

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 I have all these hopes of rest, a slower pace, vacations, catching my breath.

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 But summer never delivers.

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 It never delivers.

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 Actually, many things that we look for, look to for rest, don't deliver.

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 Are you going on vacation or holiday this summer?

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 You know the saying, right?

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 That I need a vacation from my vacation, right?

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 You get back and you're more weary in a couple of days to recover.

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 Recover.

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 Or just the daily places where we go for rest, right?

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 A brief break on your phone.

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 To check Instagram.

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 Or some TikTok.

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 Does it really give us rest?

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 Maybe after you collapse on the couch from putting the kids down, you turn your brain off and just put on a show or a movie.

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 Does it give us rest?

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 So in honor of summer and of the fact that Christ is going on a retreat very soon, I want us to think about rest.

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 Now, while I do it through a text, we might not think about as about rest.

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 The feeding of the 5,000 in Mark 6.

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 As we look at this, I want us to look at three things.

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 We're going to first look at the offering of rest, the subversion of rest, and the shepherd of rest.

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 The offering of rest, subversion, and the shepherd.

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 So first, the offering of rest.

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 It's largely overlooked in this story that the feeding of the 5,000 begins with rest.

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 The disciples have been commissioned by Jesus.

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 They've been on an extended missions trip since they come back.

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 And they're reporting to Jesus everything they said and did.

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 And they've done a lot.

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 They've been on the move nonstop.

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 Meeting people.

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 Confronting demons.

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 Healing the sick.

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 Teaching.

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 They are spreading the word about the kingdom of God.

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 And Jesus' response when they get back?

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 He doesn't say,

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 Oh, you didn't do more?

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 What does he say?

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 Look at verse 31.

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 And he said to them,

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 Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.

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 Let's grab an Airbnb down by Yosemite.

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 Right?

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 Or the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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 And let's rest.

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 You're depleted.

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 You're tired.

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 You've got no gas in the tank.

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 Let's get away just you and me.

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 And let's go somewhere with no cell service.

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 And rest.

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 Jesus offers rest.

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 And that's on brand.

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 That's who God is.

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 Maybe you've been a Christian your whole life.

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 Or maybe you're not.

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 And you're just curious about this church thing.

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 But it's easy to miss.

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 Christians and non-Christians alike miss how much the Bible is actually about rest.

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 In fact, the Bible opens with rest.

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 God creates everything in six days by just speaking.

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 But then this all-powerful God, all-creating God,

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 he does something strange on the seventh day.

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 It says,

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 And he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

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 The rabbis, the Jewish rabbis in their commentary on this,

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 say this is not about God needing rest.

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 God's setting an example for us.

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 Setting a pattern that we are created for rest.

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 Rest is not a bug.

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 It's a feature of our humanity.

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 And it's like that our culture easily loses sight of.

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 Journalist Oliver Berkman has a book, 4,000 Weeks.

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 Your pastor, Andrew, referred me to it.

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 And it's a great book.

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 He points out how much anxiety,

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 modern anxiety comes from thinking that we can do everything.

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 How anxious we get.

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 This optimization culture that we live in.

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 I'm going to optimize so I can get the most out of my work, my vacation.

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 He says, this is a farce.

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 It's a farce.

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 We can't do everything.

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 That's the first step of wisdom,

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 is to learn our limitations.

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 Berkman is not a Christian,

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 but he's talking about the Christian concept of creatureliness.

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 That we are made by an infinite God,

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 but we are finite.

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 We are made to rest.

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 And God cares about that.

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 He built it into the very fabric of our creation.

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 This was so important,

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 it even made it into the Ten Commandments.

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 Right?

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 This doesn't get much publicity.

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 Usually it's don't murder or don't steal.

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 But right in the middle,

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 right in the middle,

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 no less morally important,

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 superior,

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 is this command to rest.

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 God says,

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 honor the Sabbath.

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 Six days you shall labor

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 and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day is a Sabbath.

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 Your boss,

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 your divine boss,

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 wants you to take a break every week.

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 week.

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 Is this who you thought God was?

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 He actually cares about your rest.

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 Jesus is offering his disciples rest.

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 In fact,

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 this Sabbath command

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 comes on the heels

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 of the Hebrews being freed from slavery in Egypt.

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 In his little book,

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 The Sabbath as Resistance,

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 scholar Walter Brueggemann,

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 he connects a culture's economy

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 to its religion.

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 The God of Israel is different

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 than the Egyptian gods,

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 the Egyptians.

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 Pharaoh is a slave driver

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 because his gods are slave drivers.

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 He makes the Hebrews

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 produce more and more bricks

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 for less and less.

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 When you read the passage,

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 the story in Exodus,

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 the Egyptians actually accuse the Hebrews.

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 They say,

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 why have you not done more bricks?

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 You are lazy.

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 You are lazy.

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 The God of Israel,

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 meanwhile,

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 has a different value system.

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 Rest is baked in.

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 God tells us

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 there's something more valuable,

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 more essential,

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 more human

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 than productivity.

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 In fact,

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 modern labor laws

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 were profoundly shaped

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 by Judeo-Christian values

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 about work

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 and Sabbath.

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 the work week,

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 the 40-hour work week,

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 was originally championed

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 by Christian reformers.

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 But in a secular economy,

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 if there is no God

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 to regulate

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 either work or recreation,

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 then what happens?

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 In the absence of God,

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 something must rule

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 our work

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 or rest.

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 And when there is no God,

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 what is it?

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 Profit.

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 Greed.

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 If profit is ultimate,

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 there can be no true rest.

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 The more you work,

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 the more money you'll make.

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 But how much different

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 is Yahweh,

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 the God of Israel?

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 God is not a slave driver.

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 He's not an angry middle manager

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 trying to squeeze out

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 more productivity from you.

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 He's not Pharaoh.

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 He's a God

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 who frees the slaves

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 and gives rest.

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 Last year,

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 I was on a pastor's retreat

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 in the Rocky Mountains.

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 I'm in a cohort

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 of younger pastors

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 and we're led

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 by this gray-haired pastor

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 named Scott.

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 And we went on

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 a group hike.

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 Now,

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 I have a moderate condition

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 of cerebral palsy,

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 a disability.

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 I like to say

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 that my balance

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 is impaired,

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 but my sense of humor

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 is improved

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 by this condition.

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 And so,

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 we're going on

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 this hike together

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 and we're hiking

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 up some moderate inclines.

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 We're 8,000 feet.

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 So we're breathing,

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 I'm breathing kind of heavy.

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 This is very different

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 to the Bay Area.

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 And there were

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 some difficult parts

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 and Scott,

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 our leader,

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 over and over

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 kept checking with me.

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 Hey,

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 are you okay?

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 Hey,

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 do we need to stop

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 and rest?

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 His sensitivity

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 was attuned

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 to my work,

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 my output.

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 my exhaustion.

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 Prince,

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 that is who

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 Jesus is

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 to us.

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 He knows you

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 better than you.

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 He sees you.

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 He sees your exhaustion

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 even when you deny it.

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 That is who Jesus is.

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 Jesus takes a look

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 at his disciples

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 and says,

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 you need a break.

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 And they don't even

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 ask for it.

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 He just gives it.

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 He initiates.

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 He offers it.

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 So here's a question

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 for you this morning.

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 What would Jesus say

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 to you

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 this morning?

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 How are you doing?

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 Are you depleted?

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 Are you tired?

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 Maybe you're

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 physically tired.

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 Maybe it's emotional.

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 You're carrying

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 a lot of disappointment

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 and hurt.

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 Or maybe it's spiritual.

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 Listen,

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 maybe you're living

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 a life where you

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 are serving

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 a slave-driving God.

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 Maybe you

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 are the slave-driving God.

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 You are Pharaoh

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 constantly pushing

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 yourself or others.

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 And you're exhausted.

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 Or maybe you're

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 the disciples

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 and you're simply

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 coming off a season

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 of faithful ministry

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 and you're like,

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 hey, Jesus,

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 I'm tired.

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 Whatever it is,

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 God sees your weariness

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 and he offers rest.

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 And he said to them,

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 come away by yourselves

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 to a desolate place

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 and rest a while.

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 That's our first point,

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 the offering of rest.

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 Second point,

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 the subversion of rest.

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 Now, emotionally,

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 Jesus is a bit

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 like summer here.

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 He's a bit of a tease.

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 He offers a retreat

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 and on the way

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 to the Airbnb,

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 an instant crowd

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 appears.

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 Look at verse 33.

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 Now, when he saw

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 them going

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 and recognized them

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 and they ran there

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 on foot

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 from all the towns

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 and got there

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 ahead of them.

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 And when he went ashore,

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 he saw a great crowd.

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 So instead of a retreat,

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 we have a needy crowd.

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 And so Jesus

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 starts to teach them.

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 That's what Jesus does.

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 He's a teacher.

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 And then verse 35,

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 it says,

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 it grew late.

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 And the disciples

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 are like,

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 hey, Jesus,

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 this sermon

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 is fantastic.

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 But the call

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 of the pillow

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 is starting

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 to be stronger

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 than the Holy Spirit.

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 Right?

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 Can we go

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 get some rest?

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 And they see

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 an opportunity.

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 The crowd's getting hungry.

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 In verse 36,

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 they tell Jesus,

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 send the crowd away

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 to go buy themselves food.

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 They take control.

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 They tell Jesus

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 what to do.

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 Now, that never goes well

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 in the Gospels

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 when you tell Jesus

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 what to do.

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 Look at verse 37.

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 But he answered them,

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 you give them

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 something to eat.

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 Wait.

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 Wait, what?

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 Jesus,

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 you offered us rest.

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 And now you want

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 us to cater

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 5,000 people

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 in the wilderness?

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 You know when you're

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 exhausted

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 and life springs

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 something on you?

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 Back when our kids

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 were little,

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 we had this getaway plan.

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 My wife was grinding

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 in her job.

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 I was trying to work

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 on a PhD

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 while also working

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 part-time.

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 We had two little ones.

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 We were exhausted.

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 And we had this weekend

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 on the calendar.

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 We're going to go

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 to a lake house.

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 We're going to go

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 to a lake house.

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 We're so excited.

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 There's beautiful

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 waterside views.

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 We're just going to sit

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 in the window

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 and just watch the lake.

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 That's all we wanted.

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 We're still ready.

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 And the morning

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 we're about to leave,

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 my wife wakes up

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 with a fever.

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 A fever.

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 I still feel

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 the disappointment

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 and the rage.

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 Like,

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 I'm mad at God,

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 but she's,

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 I was a very,

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 very terrible husband

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 in this moment.

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 I'm like,

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 this is your,

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 you're sick

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 and you're ruining

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 everything.

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 Now I'm solo parenting

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 this weekend

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 with two babies.

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 Right?

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 This is the opposite

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 of that.

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 This is what the disciples

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 are feeling.

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 Like,

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 Jesus,

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 we want rest.

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 We're tired.

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 And now,

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 you want us to feed

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 these people?

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 What is Jesus doing?

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 Why is he moving

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 the finish line

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 on them?

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 Right?

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 They're on fumes.

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 They're running a marathon.

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 They see the finish line.

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 All of a sudden,

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 Jesus is like,

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 nope.

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 Why?

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 You see,

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 we think rest

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 comes from changing

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 our circumstances.

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 Don't we?

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 Go on the vacation.

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 Get away from the demands.

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 Oftentimes,

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 one of the primary ways

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 that our culture

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 envisions rest

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 is really escapism.

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 It's escapism.

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 But you know

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 that doesn't always work.

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 Right?

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 On vacation,

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 you are still

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 the same person.

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 Your kid is still

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 going to tantrum.

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 Or maybe your spouse

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 is going to tantrum.

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 Or maybe you're

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 going to tantrum.

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 The scenery changes,

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 but your soul

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 doesn't.

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 Jesus isn't being

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 cruel here.

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 He's exposing

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 the poverty

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 of our rest.

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 And he subverts

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 their notions

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 of rest

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 in two ways.

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 First,

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 there's self-protection.

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 The disciples' instinct

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 are like,

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 hey,

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 let's send them away.

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 Let's send them away.

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 Then we'll get rest.

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 And we do that too,

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 right?

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 We think that rest

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 comes from self-protection.

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 I've got to block

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 off my time.

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 I have to have

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 better boundaries.

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 But Jesus

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 calls them

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 to compassion.

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 To feel

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 for others' rest.

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 There's a contrast there.

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 When Jesus

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 sees the crowd,

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 it says he saw them

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 and had compassion

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 because they were sheep

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 without a shepherd.

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 Actually,

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 the Sabbath command

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 in the Old Testament,

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 in the law,

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 the two commandments,

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 it's the first law,

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 the commandment,

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 to mention others.

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 All

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 the others

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 to this point

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 mention God alone.

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 It's your vertical.

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 The Sabbath rest,

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 he says,

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 God says,

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 remember the Sabbath day

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 you shouldn't work

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 and neither should

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 anyone in your charge.

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 Not your spouse

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 or your child

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 or your employee

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 or your servant

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 or guest.

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 In other words,

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 compassion

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 was built

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 into the Sabbath law.

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 Jesus

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 got this.

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 This is why,

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 when did Jesus

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 heal?

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 He healed people

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 on the Sabbath.

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 It angered the Pharisees,

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 but he was restoring

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 the meaning

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 of the Sabbath.

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 The Sabbath

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 is about serving

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 other people's rest.

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 It's giving yourself

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 so that someone else

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 can rest.

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 You see,

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 the world says

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 to us

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 that rest comes

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 from self-care.

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 Camper yourself,

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 indulge yourself,

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 treat yourself,

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 in the words of Donna

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 in Parks and Rec.

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 There's a whole lot

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 less millennials

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 in this room

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 than there is

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 in my church.

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 Parks and Rec.

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 It's a great show.

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 Great philosophical show there.

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 Jesus says,

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 look to give rest.

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 Look to give rest.

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 That's the backwards kingdom.

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 Oftentimes,

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 the way to get rest

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 is to get rest.

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 And we know this,

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 right?

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 Have you ever sacrificed

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 this Saturday morning

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 to help a friend move?

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 Or maybe you stayed up late

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 to fix a meal

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 for someone else?

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 It's tiring,

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 but in a restful way.

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 Like,

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 you've done something

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 good and beautiful.

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 But the second thing

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 he does,

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 so he confronts their,

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 subverts their

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 self-protection.

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 He also subverts

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 their self-sufficiency.

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 Jesus says,

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 you feed them.

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 And they're immediately like,

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 we can't cater a party

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 for thousands.

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 We're in the middle

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 of nowhere.

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 And it would cost

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 a fortune.

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 A denarii

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 is a day's wage.

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 So 200 denarii,

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 that's like a,

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 that's almost

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 an annual salary.

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 We're going to,

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 we're going to drop that.

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 On this like,

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 impulsive feeding

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 these people?

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 They don't have that.

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 But Jesus knows that.

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 He knows he's asked

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 the impossible.

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 And what if that's the point?

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:05.859
 He wants them to realize

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:08.099
 that they don't have

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:10.519
 what it takes.

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:12.099
 He wants them to come

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:13.440
 to the end of themselves.

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.720
 Listen,

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.859
 the self

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:18.440
 is our primary issue

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.400
 when it comes to rest.

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.820
 The self is exhausting.

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:24.019
 It's not your spouse

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.840
 or your kids

00:20:24.840 --> 00:20:25.539
 or your boss

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.380
 or your parents,

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 but you.

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.320
 You are your most

00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:29.120
 worst enemy

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:30.259
 when it comes to rest.

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 And the stronger

00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:32.980
 your self is,

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.539
 your ego,

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.200
 your ambition,

00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:34.980
 your reputation,

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.120
 the stronger

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:37.519
 your hold on life,

00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.779
 the more you think

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:40.160
 that life is about you,

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.940
 the more exhausted

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.820
 you will be.

00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.240
 Why?

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:46.339
 Because you're constantly

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.960
 trying to get what you want.

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:50.140
 The control.

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.940
 And you'll be constantly

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.900
 anxious

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:54.559
 that you won't get

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.539
 what you want.

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 It's all up to you.

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.339
 You see,

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.539
 self-protection

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.640
 and self-sufficiency

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:03.539
 are really the same root.

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.819
 One says,

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:06.019
 I'll protect myself,

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.839
 and the other

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.740
 I'll provide

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.839
 for myself.

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 And they're both exhausting.

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.200
 Both assume

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 that I know it's best

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:16.139
 and I'll get my rest.

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.900
 And here's the deeper truth

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:20.940
 about rest and religion.

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:23.079
 Rest reveals

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.259
 your true religion.

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.359
 Where you rest,

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.279
 what you do

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.019
 to get rest,

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 it actually says something

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:31.279
 about what you believe

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.160
 life is about,

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:34.019
 about who your God is,

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.099
 about where you get

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.679
 renovation,

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.699
 or restoration.

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:38.759
 Maybe you rest

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.139
 in your bank account.

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.939
 And you think,

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.059
 once I get this amount

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.480
 of money,

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.459
 then I can rest.

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.119
 And I can retire easy.

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.639
 Or maybe you look

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.539
 to your family.

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:49.819
 If I can just,

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.379
 if everyone,

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.399
 if all the members

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.000
 of my family

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.039
 can just be okay,

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.659
 then I can rest.

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.179
 Listen,

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.000
 that's a recipe

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.139
 for never resting.

00:21:59.959 --> 00:22:01.059
 They will never

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.879
 be all okay,

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.299
 moms.

00:22:02.919 --> 00:22:04.079
 All you anxious moms

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.339
 out there,

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.939
 they will never

00:22:04.939 --> 00:22:05.659
 be all okay.

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.480
 If it's not money,

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.579
 you will never

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.740
 have enough to rest.

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.859
 You will never

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.419
 have enough.

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.019
 All these

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.559
 are forms

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.740
 of self-sufficiency.

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.919
 But the Bible

00:22:19.919 --> 00:22:20.859
 says we're made

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:22.519
 to rest in God.

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.000
 That's what

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.959
 we are made for.

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:27.259
 The African theologian,

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.019
 St. Augustine,

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.740
 put it this way.

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.919
 You probably know this.

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.899
 He says,

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.560
 you've made us

00:22:31.560 --> 00:22:32.160
 for yourself,

00:22:32.280 --> 00:22:32.720
 O Lord,

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:34.100
 and our heart

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:35.019
 is restless

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.300
 until it rests

00:22:36.300 --> 00:22:36.740
 in you.

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.380
 Any other thing

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.140
 that we rest in,

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.320
 our accomplishments,

00:22:40.540 --> 00:22:41.380
 or our reputation,

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.580
 or our pleasure,

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:44.080
 it will ultimately

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:45.220
 leave us

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.800
 restless.

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.280
 Because we were

00:22:49.280 --> 00:22:49.860
 made to rest

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.560
 in God alone.

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.100
 So Jesus

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:53.660
 subverts

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:54.280
 these false

00:22:54.280 --> 00:22:55.220
 notions of rest

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:57.019
 because he loves us.

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.759
 Which brings us

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.480
 to the surprise

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:01.059
 in our last point,

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.620
 the shepherd

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.279
 of rest.

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.920
 So Jesus

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.600
 gives them

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.839
 an impossible task

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.839
 and they bring it

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.440
 back to him.

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.900
 Verse 37.

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.279
 Should we go

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.039
 and buy this?

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.860
 200 denarii

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.420
 worth of bread?

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.799
 And Jesus

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.380
 says, no.

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.779
 Go see what

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:18.160
 we have on hand.

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.500
 And they come

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.900
 back

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:21.579
 with five loaves

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.720
 and two fish.

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.259
 This is a very

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.079
 pitiful haul.

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.140
 There are

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:27.240
 5,000 men.

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.700
 We don't know

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.519
 how many others

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.579
 and that's all

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.380
 the food they have.

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.539
 This is a

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.660
 massive failure.

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.539
 Okay?

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.259
 Appearance

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.860
 throughout.

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.720
 They brought

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.539
 no snacks.

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.440
 Then what

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.860
 does Jesus

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.220
 do?

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.600
 Look at verse

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.160
 39.

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.759
 Then he

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.460
 commanded them

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.360
 all to sit

00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:50.059
 down in groups

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.980
 in the green grass.

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.220
 And they sit

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.539
 down.

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.740
 Verse 41.

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.600
 Jesus takes

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.619
 the five loaves

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.599
 and the two

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:56.939
 fish.

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.459
 He looked up

00:23:57.459 --> 00:23:57.859
 to heaven

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.939
 and said a

00:23:58.939 --> 00:24:00.159
 blessing and

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:01.019
 broke the loaves

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.859
 and gave them

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.579
 to the disciples

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:04.039
 to set before

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.939
 the people.

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.639
 Jesus breaks

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.419
 off piece

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.859
 after piece

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:10.179
 after piece.

00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:11.019
 And the

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.839
 disciples pass

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.679
 the meal out

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.819
 to the people.

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.019
 Can you see

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.559
 this in your

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:15.919
 mind?

00:24:16.699 --> 00:24:17.299
 Imagine a

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.059
 beautiful field

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.720
 of soft

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:20.279
 green grass.

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.259
 It's like

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.799
 Berkeley and

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.240
 March.

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.399
 Clumps of

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.220
 people seated

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:26.200
 hungry and

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.639
 hopeful.

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.519
 All eyes

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.500
 on Jesus.

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.399
 Mark usually

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.379
 doesn't fill us

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.960
 in on the

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.119
 condition of the

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.579
 grass.

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.200
 Why does he say

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.079
 green grass?

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.319
 It's one of

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.240
 several Easter

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.240
 eggs within this

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.759
 passage.

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.460
 The line in

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.240
 verse 36.

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.240
 They were like

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.139
 sheep without a

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.419
 shepherd.

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.460
 shepherd.

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.180
 Jesus has a

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.160
 great herd of

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.920
 people on

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.640
 green grass.

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.259
 And they're

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.980
 beside the

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.900
 water, still

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.240
 water.

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.900
 And this

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.920
 shepherd is

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.680
 preparing a

00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:00.120
 table for his

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.519
 people.

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.240
 This whole

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.560
 passage evokes

00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:05.840
 Psalm 23,

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:07.200
 the most

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.039
 famous of

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.660
 psalms.

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.940
 The Lord is

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.660
 my shepherd.

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.800
 I shall not

00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:15.340
 want.

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.579
 He makes me

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.279
 lie down in

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:18.220
 green and

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.480
 green pastures.

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.740
 He leads me

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.439
 beside still

00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:21.899
 waters.

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.279
 He restores

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.639
 my soul.

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.259
 He prepares

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.579
 a table before

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:28.839
 me.

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.079
 My cup

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.619
 overflows.

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.339
 Psalm 23 is

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.879
 the premier

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.859
 psalm of

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.980
 rest, of

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.839
 peace, of

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.319
 provision.

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.699
 You see, when

00:25:39.699 --> 00:25:40.299
 you have the

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.000
 Lord as your

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.679
 shepherd, there

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:43.959
 is rest and

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.660
 peace and

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.900
 ample provision.

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.559
 Mark is

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.940
 telling us who

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.240
 Jesus is

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.600
 here.

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.440
 He is the

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.299
 shepherd of

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.700
 Psalm 23.

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.880
 He's the

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.620
 God who

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.539
 fed Israel

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.019
 with manna.

00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.539
 Remember that

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.700
 in the

00:25:59.700 --> 00:25:59.940
 wilderness?

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.160
 How God

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.779
 miraculously

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.680
 rains down

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.000
 bread?

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:04.100
 And then here

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.460
 in the

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.779
 wilderness,

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.460
 Jesus, not

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.019
 raining down

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.600
 bread, but he

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:09.039
 is multiplying

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.220
 abundantly,

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.200
 miraculously.

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.500
 Why?

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.740
 Because he's

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.039
 the good

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.340
 shepherd.

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.039
 He is the

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.440
 Lord.

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.039
 He is God.

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.480
 Mark is

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.160
 making a

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.480
 claim about

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.860
 Jesus'

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.779
 identity.

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.480
 Jesus is

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.920
 making a

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.420
 claim about

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.039
 his identity.

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.720
 The shepherd

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.779
 has finally

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.380
 come.

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.500
 He is not

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.500
 merely performing

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.059
 a miracle.

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.279
 He is telling

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.580
 us who he

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.340
 is.

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.519
 And he

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:37.220
 is God.

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:41.160
 He is

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.600
 the manna

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:41.819
 giver.

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.819
 And the

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.200
 bread he

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.000
 gives is

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.500
 the bread

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.539
 of life.

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.740
 What about

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.180
 rest?

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.640
 You know,

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:51.360
 the disciples

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.259
 never get

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.960
 the retreat

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.920
 Jesus

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.500
 promised.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.220
 Or did

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.460
 they?

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.059
 Jesus

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.360
 says,

00:26:59.680 --> 00:26:59.960
 come away

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.500
 and rest.

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.660
 And then

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.180
 comes the

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.180
 crowd, the

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.220
 teaching, the

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.960
 hungry people,

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.940
 an impossible

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.100
 task, the

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.899
 serving food,

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.480
 and the

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.779
 cleanup.

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.199
 But it

00:27:10.199 --> 00:27:12.500
 says, and

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.039
 they all

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.659
 ate and

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.519
 were satisfied.

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.859
 They all

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:18.240
 ate and

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.819
 were satisfied.

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.639
 That includes

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.139
 the disciples.

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:20.899
 And that

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.819
 word satisfied,

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.259
 the Greek

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.579
 means filled,

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.759
 gorged.

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.500
 It's that

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.139
 pleasant feeling

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.439
 when you

00:27:26.439 --> 00:27:26.980
 haven't eaten

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.839
 all day and

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.599
 you come home

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.259
 and you have

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.759
 a tasty

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.159
 meal.

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.219
 One that

00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:31.519
 you get

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.219
 seconds on

00:27:32.219 --> 00:27:32.519
 and you

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.159
 just sit

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:33.599
 back and

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.779
 you're like,

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.599
 yes, life

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.259
 is good.

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.579
 They're

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.139
 satisfied.

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.419
 Jesus

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:40.099
 always

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.559
 fulfills

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.139
 his promise,

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.740
 although it

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.299
 is rarely

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.719
 in the way

00:27:42.719 --> 00:27:42.899
 that we

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.259
 think it's

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.399
 going to

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:43.639
 be.

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.240
 Rest did

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.799
 not come

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.079
 from a

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.480
 retreat.

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.579
 It came

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.319
 from him.

00:27:50.459 --> 00:27:51.119
 This rest

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.459
 that he was

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:52.139
 offering is

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.939
 fulfilled in

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.379
 him.

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.500
 He gives

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.279
 them himself.

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:56.919
 He is the

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:57.480
 shepherd who

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.379
 alone can

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.839
 give his

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.579
 sheep rest.

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:00.619
 He is the

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.079
 manna giver

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.579
 who gives

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.939
 the bread

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.319
 of life.

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.480
 It satisfies

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.639
 not only our

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.419
 stomach but our

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:06.159
 souls.

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:09.640
 rest is a

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.160
 person.

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.640
 The miracle

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.720
 here is not

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.500
 that Jesus

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.340
 gives exhausted

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:15.060
 people a day

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.440
 off.

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:16.660
 The miracle

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.340
 is that Jesus

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:18.220
 gives exhausted

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.860
 people himself.

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.740
 Himself.

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.480
 He is God

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.440
 come in the

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.660
 flesh.

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.180
 That quote

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.300
 about Augustine

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:26.580
 that our

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.779
 souls were

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.040
 meant to

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.720
 rest in God.

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.580
 The way we

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.200
 rest in God

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.540
 is through

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:30.900
 Jesus.

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.480
 It's only

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.960
 in Jesus.

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.800
 He is how

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.640
 we enter into

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.180
 the rest of

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.540
 God.

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.720
 And this

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.700
 rest, if you

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.120
 think about

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.740
 it, it's

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.660
 freely given.

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.840
 It's

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.440
 utterly free.

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.340
 What did the

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:44.300
 crowds contribute

00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:45.160
 to this meal?

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.040
 Nothing.

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.800
 What did the

00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.840
 disciples contribute?

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.500
 Their

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.259
 skepticism.

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.620
 Jesus

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.759
 satisfies

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.560
 for free.

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.540
 He does

00:29:00.540 --> 00:29:00.860
 all the

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.220
 work.

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:02.880
 And actually

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.920
 verse 41 is

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.660
 the foreshadowing

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.519
 of another

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.100
 work.

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.580
 Jesus in

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.180
 41, he

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.800
 takes the

00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:09.720
 bread, he

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.120
 blesses it, he

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:12.080
 breaks it, and

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.880
 then gives it.

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.920
 And that's the

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:15.060
 same order as

00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:16.400
 Mark 14 at the

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.019
 Last Supper.

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.660
 Jesus takes the

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:20.300
 bread, blesses

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:21.960
 it, breaks it,

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.160
 and gives it.

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.980
 But then he

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.480
 says, this is

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:28.160
 my body.

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.840
 See, at the end

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.500
 of Mark, we

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.439
 find out the

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:34.240
 bread is

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.299
 really Jesus'

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.559
 own life

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:38.459
 given for

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:39.099
 us on the

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.579
 cross.

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.659
 My body

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.339
 broken for

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.720
 you, my

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.319
 body given

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.980
 for you.

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.939
 And on the

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.559
 cross, Jesus

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.599
 did all the

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.659
 work of

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.799
 salvation, that

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.459
 you might

00:29:49.459 --> 00:29:50.259
 rest.

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.939
 And what did

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.579
 Jesus cry on

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.059
 the cross?

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.199
 He said, it

00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:54.959
 is finished.

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.939
 My work is

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.259
 finished.

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.859
 Your work is

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.539
 finished.

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.619
 finished.

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.759
 His work of

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.720
 salvation is a

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.839
 finished work, and

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.759
 you don't have to

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:06.019
 add anything to

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.279
 it.

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:07.960
 But Jesus did

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.940
 not stay dead.

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.000
 In order for him

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.740
 to be the good

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.119
 shepherd, he had

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.799
 to walk through

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.500
 the valley of

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.220
 the shadow of

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.159
 death and

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:16.059
 conquer it.

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.240
 Conquer it.

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.960
 And so he is a

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:19.000
 living shepherd.

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.339
 He's a living

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.720
 shepherd.

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:22.099
 And he did all

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:23.240
 this that you

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.599
 might have

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.279
 rest.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.379
 That you may

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.159
 rest from all

00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:28.619
 your strivings to

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:30.159
 justify yourself.

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.419
 Rest from all

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:32.739
 the guilt before

00:30:32.739 --> 00:30:33.699
 God and before

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.199
 others.

00:30:34.739 --> 00:30:35.279
 Rest from all

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:37.139
 the shame before

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.619
 man.

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.559
 Rest from all

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.479
 the condemnation

00:30:39.479 --> 00:30:40.299
 that you feel,

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.599
 the self-hatred.

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.759
 Rest from all

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.459
 the fear and

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.179
 the anxiety.

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.859
 You can have

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.479
 rest.

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.299
 All you must

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:51.000
 do is become

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.919
 his sheep,

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.699
 is to accept

00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.779
 the shepherd

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:56.019
 as Jesus.

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.180
 Jesus.

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.819
 And he says,

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.319
 I will do

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.000
 everything for

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.220
 you.

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.480
 It's all you

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.019
 have to do.

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.819
 This is why

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:04.000
 Jesus invites us

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:05.139
 in Matthew 11,

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.480
 28.

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:05.799
 He says,

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.920
 come to me.

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.379
 Come to me.

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:10.000
 All who labor

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.160
 and are heavy

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.660
 laden.

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.960
 All of you who

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.539
 are cynical

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.920
 and exhausted.

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.519
 All of you who

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.200
 are broken

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:19.119
 and bruised.

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:21.000
 Come to me

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.879
 and I will

00:31:22.879 --> 00:31:24.119
 give you

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.299
 rest.

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.919
 Take my

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.460
 yoke upon

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.799
 you and

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.440
 learn from

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.779
 me.

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.599
 For I am

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.220
 gentle and

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.759
 lowly in

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.279
 heart and

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.899
 you will

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:33.200
 find rest

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.359
 for your

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.259
 souls.

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.079
 I want to

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.200
 end asking

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.779
 the question,

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.899
 what does it

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.639
 look like to

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.460
 rest in

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.759
 Jesus?

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.879
 And I want

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.159
 to give you

00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:44.740
 three quick

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.180
 portraits.

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.960
 First,

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.960
 come to the

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.279
 shepherd.

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.879
 Maybe you're

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.539
 not a Christian

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.359
 this morning.

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.980
 What does it

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.480
 look like to

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.859
 rest in

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.119
 Jesus?

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.639
 Let me ask

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.099
 this question.

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.159
 Who is your

00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:58.440
 shepherd?

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.559
 Do you have

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.759
 one?

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.599
 Who is

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.159
 looking out

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.559
 for you?

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.740
 Are you on

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.200
 your own?

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.740
 You either

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.779
 have God as

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.180
 your shepherd

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.700
 or you have

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.119
 no one.

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.039
 Is that

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.379
 you?

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.180
 Jesus wants

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.579
 to be your

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.299
 shepherd this

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.599
 morning.

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.839
 He offers

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.500
 you true

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.059
 rest.

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.339
 And for you

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.879
 resting in

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.680
 Jesus is

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.500
 simply coming

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.119
 to him.

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.899
 All you

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.279
 must do

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.759
 is simply

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.419
 ask him

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:27.459
 for rest.

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.579
 And you

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.939
 must know

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.599
 it's dangerous.

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.079
 It's a

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.679
 surrender of

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.079
 control.

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:31.759
 You will

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.419
 no longer

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.159
 define your

00:32:33.159 --> 00:32:33.839
 own rest.

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.719
 But the

00:32:34.719 --> 00:32:35.219
 gains are

00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:35.739
 tremendous.

00:32:36.679 --> 00:32:37.419
 Jesus is a

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:38.099
 generous shepherd.

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.139
 He provides

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:40.079
 far beyond

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:41.219
 our imagination.

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.819
 Look at how

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.500
 many baskets

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.279
 they took up.

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.819
 There were

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.419
 12 full

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:44.899
 baskets.

00:32:45.239 --> 00:32:45.579
 That's

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.059
 symbolic.

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:46.859
 They say,

00:32:46.959 --> 00:32:47.119
 hey,

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:47.919
 Jesus is

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.959
 extravagant.

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.179
 You will

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:50.619
 have

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.679
 leftovers

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.220
 when you

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.660
 come to

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.080
 the shepherd.

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.259
 And you

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.539
 will know

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.920
 true

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.580
 satisfaction

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.039
 and true

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.100
 filling deep

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.440
 in your

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.860
 soul.

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:58.880
 Stop

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.500
 trying to

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.180
 provide your

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:01.400
 own salvation.

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.140
 Or maybe

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.700
 secondly,

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.940
 maybe you

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.299
 are a

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.580
 Christian.

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.299
 And the

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.920
 lesson here is

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.580
 to rest for

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:10.060
 the shepherd.

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.640
 A lot of

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:11.880
 us are

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.420
 learning to

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.100
 daily rest

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.560
 in Jesus.

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.340
 It is a

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.539
 daily

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.240
 discipline.

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.140
 In the

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.600
 wilderness,

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.539
 God gave

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.340
 manna every

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.759
 day.

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:20.140
 And Jesus

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.700
 taught us

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.059
 to pray.

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.019
 Give us

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.619
 this day

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.259
 our daily

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.640
 bread.

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.940
 Which means

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:26.420
 that you

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:26.819
 need him

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.400
 every day.

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.660
 You need

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:29.960
 him every

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.259
 day.

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.599
 So many

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:31.920
 of us

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.500
 live life

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.819
 like the

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.220
 disciples.

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.160
 All we

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.480
 see is

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.859
 the hard

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.339
 facts.

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:35.859
 Hey,

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.160
 we need

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.480
 200

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.879
 denarii

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.140
 to make

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.299
 this

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.640
 happen.

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:38.839
 But

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.140
 resting

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.640
 in Jesus

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.720
 is trusting

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.960
 him as

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.640
 the provider

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.359
 for

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.960
 everything.

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.879
 Everything

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.480
 you need.

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.099
 Berkeley

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.460
 people,

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.900
 one of

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.519
 the primary

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.539
 problems

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.519
 for us

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.339
 is that

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.779
 we don't

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.279
 realize how

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.619
 much we

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.220
 need Jesus.

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.440
 We think

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.740
 because of

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.339
 our skill

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.940
 and our

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.160
 bank

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.680
 accounts,

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.379
 we can

00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.920
 provide for

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.559
 ourselves.

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.140
 But it's

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.799
 an illusion.

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.220
 The way

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.460
 that you

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.900
 are meant

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.339
 to live

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.319
 is actually

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:07.200
 to live

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.940
 daily,

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.219
 asking Jesus

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.699
 for his

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.059
 provision.

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.800
 No matter

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.380
 how big

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.679
 your bank

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.079
 account,

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.599
 no matter

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.300
 how skilled

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.659
 you are,

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.159
 intelligent,

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.199
 this is

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.719
 what life

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.219
 is.

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.480
 And the

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.940
 rest in

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.760
 Jesus is

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.159
 actually

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.840
 prayer.

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.159
 That's

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.460
 how we

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.000
 rest in

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.260
 Jesus.

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.200
 It's

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:23.760
 praying,

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.579
 seeking

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.920
 him,

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.920
 pouring out

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.700
 your life

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.559
 to him.

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.360
 So many

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.619
 of us,

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:29.139
 our prayer

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.519
 life is

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.380
 so deficient.

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.260
 We're like

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.079
 whispering up

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.980
 little SOS

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.679
 prayers here

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.099
 and there.

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.400
 That's not

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.760
 how life

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.880
 resting is.

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.700
 Resting in

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.179
 Jesus is

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:41.179
 these prolonged

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.880
 periods of

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.360
 Jesus,

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.980
 I need

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.340
 you.

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.680
 I need

00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:45.000
 you.

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.180
 It is

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.780
 pouring out

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.380
 your heart,

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.340
 your weariness,

00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:49.180
 your lack,

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.200
 your thanksgiving,

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.880
 your praise,

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.500
 and saying,

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:51.740
 Jesus,

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.539
 I need you

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.900
 today.

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.160
 I need you

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.480
 for my

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.940
 kids.

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.039
 I need you

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.320
 for my

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.860
 work.

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.960
 That is

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.480
 rest.

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.200
 And when

00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.860
 you rise

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.559
 from prayer,

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.500
 you will

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.300
 have been

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.680
 with the

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:04.079
 shepherd and

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.400
 you will

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.079
 feel rest.

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:06.079
 He is

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.460
 rest.

00:35:07.120 --> 00:35:07.740
 And finally,

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.920
 we need to

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.559
 rethink our

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.960
 rest.

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.340
 Remember how

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.180
 Jesus subverts

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.820
 our instincts

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.460
 about rest?

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.740
 We think

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.140
 that rest

00:35:15.140 --> 00:35:15.760
 comes from

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.460
 getting away,

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.300
 going on

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.740
 vacation.

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.360
 Why?

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.200
 Because we

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.680
 listen to the

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.059
 credit card

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.500
 companies.

00:35:21.620 --> 00:35:22.160
 It tells us

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.880
 all about

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.559
 this amazing

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.960
 rest,

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.280
 right?

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.640
 Go to a

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:26.180
 resort and

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:26.320
 you will

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.840
 feel rested.

00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:28.140
 You might

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.579
 not.

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.400
 In fact,

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.079
 being in

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:32.220
 vacation mode

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:33.420
 is a very

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.059
 spiritually

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.579
 dangerous

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.000
 mode to

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.400
 be in.

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:36.500
 You know

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.820
 why?

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.460
 Because we

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.920
 tend to

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.840
 indulge,

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.320
 to splurge,

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.760
 we overeat.

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.620
 There's a

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:44.100
 sin called

00:35:44.100 --> 00:35:44.660
 gluttony that

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:44.980
 no one

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.660
 talks about.

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.220
 We over

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.579
 drink.

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.220
 Our desires

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:49.180
 are inflamed.

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.420
 And we

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.980
 lack the

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.840
 routines that

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.240
 keep our

00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:53.280
 desires and

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.120
 indulgences in

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.559
 check.

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:55.880
 Some of us

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.440
 become little

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.120
 tyrants,

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.640
 bossing everyone

00:35:58.640 --> 00:35:59.140
 around.

00:35:59.360 --> 00:35:59.680
 We've got to

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.019
 keep on

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.400
 scheduled.

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:00.860
 This is how

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.760
 vacation happens.

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.420
 Others become

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.200
 hedonists,

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:04.960
 right?

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.760
 Others become

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.579
 slothful and

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:06.980
 lazy.

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.680
 But at the

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.260
 heart of it,

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:10.200
 the reason it's

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.600
 dangerous,

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.480
 vacations are

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.279
 not bad.

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.920
 We need

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.199
 them.

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.279
 But at the

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.739
 heart of it,

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.519
 it becomes my

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.159
 kingdom come,

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.159
 my will be

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.380
 done.

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.480
 That's not

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.880
 where rest

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.500
 comes from.

00:36:22.339 --> 00:36:22.900
 Rest comes

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.659
 from surrender.

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.460
 Your kingdom

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.880
 come,

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.059
 your will be

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.339
 done.

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.079
 It comes

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.599
 from Jesus.

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.619
 So stop

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.440
 asking vacations

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.779
 to provide what

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.579
 only the shepherd

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:36.019
 can give you.

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.799
 Jesus offers you

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.679
 rest this morning.

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:40.199
 He wants to

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.839
 give you rest.

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:41.940
 He offers it

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.500
 freely.

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.419
 So friends,

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:46.079
 sit in his

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.879
 green grass.

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.259
 Look at his

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.799
 hands of

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.199
 provision.

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.480
 He says,

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.219
 I will feed

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.440
 you.

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:53.119
 I will satisfy

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.500
 you.

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:55.699
 I will give

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:57.119
 you rest.

00:36:57.359 --> 00:36:57.639
 Would you

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.139
 pray with me?

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.039
 Oh,

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.500
 Father in

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.739
 heaven,

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:04.179
 we are so

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:07.719
 silly about

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.019
 what we

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.419
 think will

00:37:08.419 --> 00:37:09.299
 satisfy us.

00:37:10.479 --> 00:37:10.919
 Oh,

00:37:10.959 --> 00:37:11.219
 Father,

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.719
 we thank

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.059
 you that

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.379
 when you

00:37:13.379 --> 00:37:13.719
 look at

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:13.939
 us,

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.359
 you don't

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.619
 condemn

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:14.879
 us,

00:37:14.959 --> 00:37:15.399
 you see

00:37:15.399 --> 00:37:15.739
 us through

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.179
 the eyes

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:17.259
 of compassion.

00:37:18.399 --> 00:37:18.639
 Oh,

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:18.839
 Father,

00:37:18.959 --> 00:37:19.439
 and your

00:37:19.439 --> 00:37:20.039
 Sabbath

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:21.539
 is actually

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.679
 work to

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.079
 give us

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.439
 rest.

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:24.439
 Oh,

00:37:24.459 --> 00:37:24.599
 Father,

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.079
 I pray

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.379
 that we

00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:25.939
 would avail

00:37:25.939 --> 00:37:26.419
 ourselves

00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:26.679
 of that

00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:26.939
 rest,

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:29.119
 even this

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.479
 morning.

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.519
 Oh,

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.719
 Jesus,

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.079
 you are

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.639
 a provider

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.480
 beyond our

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.059
 imagination.

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.079
 Oh,

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.240
 Father,

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.840
 you love

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.360
 us so

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.599
 much,

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.079
 so much

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.860
 that you

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.460
 died for

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.820
 us.

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.000
 Oh,

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.320
 Father,

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.619
 we come

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.980
 to you.

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.780
 Please feed

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.760
 us with

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.179
 Jesus.

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.760
 And I do

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.139
 pray for

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.519
 Christ's

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.840
 church as

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.240
 they go

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.599
 away to

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.019
 a desolate

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.500
 place,

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.159
 that they

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.679
 would meet

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.099
 Jesus

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.579
 there,

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.679
 that he

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.019
 would be

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.360
 where they

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.019
 get rest,

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.079
 that they

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:54.699
 would enjoy

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.639
 the love

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.599
 and the

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.980
 beauty of

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.599
 your covenant

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.460
 grace to

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.900
 us.

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.699
 Oh,

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:00.820
 Lord,

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.139
 we love

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:01.320
 you.

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:01.659
 In

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:01.980
 Christ's

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.199
 name we

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.440
 pray.

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.039
 Amen.