REST... A Power Nap!

Rest…

· Focus on the Family put out a recent article that stated the #1 attack on the family is: Exhaustion/Busy Schedules

o More than infidelity

o

“R E S T” In our society and lives this has become a FOUR LETTER Word!

More than pornography

o More than finances

o More than unemployment

· This attack has created families who have:

o No meals together

o No time together

o No common ground or interest

o No energy to raise Godly children

o No energy to fight for marriages

o No real need for each other (each is going their own way and too tired to invest in anyone else…

· This attack has crept in and is doing the same if not worse damage on the Family of God!

Mark 6:7-13 and 30-32

· The apostles had a mission, a task, work to do

o The harvest is plentiful; laborers are few

o The work is good and needed

o

As Vance Havner has said, “If you don’t come apart and rest, you will come apart.”

They were obeying

· Notice when they return…

o They share and are excited

o Overlook their needs

o Overlook the scale of the task

o Overlook that the work was NOT done

· Christ has them

o Stop

o Go away

o Rest

§ Bible Word Study on rest

o Christ had not lost compassion for the need (verse 33-34)

· Christ himself needs this Mark 1:35

o If God’s Son needs this time with God so do we

o Mornings work for some, but not all

§ Find time

§ Make time

Consider Elijah 1 Kings 18 & 19

o 1 Kings 18:40 Slaying of 900 False Prophets

o 1 Kings 18:45 Running to Jezreel 19 1/2 Miles (outruns kings horse)

Elijah's Escape Ch. 19:1-8Beersheba W/Servant (96 Miles) NO COMPANIONGoes into Desert ( a Days Travel)Wants to Die / Angel Feeds Him Twice instructs him to restTravels to Horeb 40 Days and Nights in Desert (Over 200 Miles)Elijah's Weak and Tired (Over 300 Miles)Elijah rest once thereElijah Complains and God Encourages HimThere Are 7000 Other Believers (Refocus)

REST… WHY DO IT???

1. Reflection

a. God’s example Genesis

b. Elijah (7000 had not turned against God) God’s victory

c. Stop and see what God is doing don’t miss it

2. Refuel

a. The abiding rest is crucial John 15:5

3. Refocus

a. In all the busyness of life what is important? You can miss it if you don’t take time

( A - NAP - POWER ) “Powernap”

Bible Word Study |Rest ~ ἀναπαύω

Lemma

ἀναπαύω anapauō rest; revive; remain quiet; stop; give rest📷

LTW to rest, cause to rest, give rest; refresh.

DBL Greek cause to rest; rest; abide; remain

LEH LXX Lexicon to give rest from; to give rest; to quiet, to calm; to refresh; to abide; to take rest; to halt, to rest; to sleep with; to rest, to settle upon; to cease from; to die; to have a rest; of the resting (flocks?); to incline; in Zaannim; will rest; and oil

LXGRCANLEX to rest; to rest upon; to remain; to relieve; to give rest; to refresh; to cause to rest

Root | NASB95

παυω

pauō

stop; cease

46

παύω

pauō

stop; cease

15

ἀναπαύω

anapau

rest; revive; remain quiet

12

κατάπαυσις

katapausis

rest

9

ἀνάπαυσις

anapausis

rest; cessation; relief

5

καταπαύω

katapauō

rest; cause to cease

4

ἀκατάπαυστος

akatapaustos

unceasing

1

Created 12/26/2015 8:27:42 PM

23.80 ἀναπαύομαιa; ἀνάπαυσιςb, εως f: to become physically refreshed after ceasing activity or work—‘rest, to rest.’ἀναπαύομαιa: δεῦτε … εἰς ἔρημον τόπον καὶ ἀναπαύσασθε ὀλίγον ‘let’s go … to a quiet place and you can rest awhile’ Mk 6:31. ἀνάπαυσιςb : εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ‘you will find rest for yourselves’ Mt 11:29.

In the use of ἀναπαύομαιa and ἀνάπαυσιςb, the focus of meaning seems to be upon the restorative character of rest rather than mere cessation of activity (see 68.34).[i]

[i] Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, pp. 259–260). New York: United Bible Societies.