#Day198: 17 July 2016, Sunday

RESTORE (Renew and refresh your strength)

By: Ps. Eddy Chang

It is common that when we are tired, we tend to lose our focus, our attention. When we travel, we can find several R & R corner for our Rest & Relaxation along the highway in Malaysia. We use these places to stop and rest before we continue our journey.

And sometimes,  even we took sufficient time to rest or sleep, we still feel the same, tired, emotionally.

Indeed, we do need to take care of our physical. And also, our emotional strength (and spiritual):

1. Find the correct place:

God knows this, Psalm 23:3 says "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake".

And He promised that He will restore our soul. He is our one true shepherd.

Psalms 23:1-2 KJV - The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

One interesting facts that we need to remind ourselves is that Growth or Uplifting or Enhancement, is hand in hand with Renew and Restore. There is no improvement or growth without renewal or restoration.

"We cannot fight today challenge with yesterday energy". Tomorrow challenges eats yesterday success as breakfast.

We need to be restored with new energy!! We need God to restoreth our soul.

And again, He promised that He will give us rest as written in Matthew 11:28 KJV - "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest".

This invitation, is our ace card for renewal and restoration. We need to come to the correct source, where we find a correct place for an ultimate rest. We need to come to God.

2. Find the correct time, BE STILL:

Psalm 46:10 KJV - "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth"

This message remind us that we are not God and we need Him. We also reminded that a lot of time we are focusing on wrong things, not doing what God wants us to do.

Let us continue to restore and renew our mind, our strength, our intention, our soul for the joy of the Lord. Be still and make Him happy.

After all, in everything that we do, it is always about you and Him (and not merely about you and others).

God bless.

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