When the daily grind overwhelms, God promises to bring rest through his Word. This daily devotion & journal prompt is written to accompany your morning coffee or nighttime routine.
How long will you wait?
The Everyday Sabbath
When the daily grind overwhelms, God promises to bring rest through his Word. This daily devotion & journal prompt is written to accompany your morning coffee or nighttime routine.
Rev. 22:12–13 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Read the context "Wait right here... I have something for you!" If someone said this to you, you would you ditch? Likely not, right? You want what they've got! Jesus calls for you to wait. He doesn't tell you when he's coming back... just that it will be soon. But you want what he's...
Luke 12:35–37 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. Read the context The kids lean over the edge of the couch anticipating...
Psalm 130:5–6 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. Read the context When are you a clock-checker? At the end of the work day? When you're waiting for a delivery? Your whole life is connected to an eternal clock. This earth waits for the Lord's final deliverance — Jesus' return. While you wait, trust. Know the God who forgives. And never lose sight of the...