Rest… How did Jesus do it?

Rest… How did Jesus do it?
Pastor Tim Perkins | 12.29.24

Rest is deeper than .

Rest is more than .

Rest is better than .

(Matthew 11:28–30 MSG) Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a . Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.

#1. He rested by living to please

(John 4:34 ESV) Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.”

(John 5:30b ESV) I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

(John 6:38 ESV) For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

(Luke 22:42 ESV) “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

(Isaiah 30:15–18 NIV) This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.   

16You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee! You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee away, till you are left like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.”  

18Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

(Isaiah 32:17–18 NIV) The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.

18My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of .

(Psalm 139:23–24 NLT) Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

#2. He rested by not the call to

(Exodus 20:8–10 NIV) Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

• Divert

• Withdraw

(Exodus 20:8-11 NIV) Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

(Exodus 31:17 NIV) It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.

• Rest your
• Recharge your
• Refocus your

• Abandon

#3. He rested by living in the of . 

(Philippians 4:6-7 NIV) Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

(Matthew 11:28–30 MSG) Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.

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