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At Grace Family we focus our worship on Sunday to impact our lives every other day of the week as well. We also believe no one is perfect but everyone is welcome to worship God with us. So, no matter where you're from, what you've done, or what your week has been like, let's worship God and learn from His word together today.

How do we really find rest in all that life requires?

Ecclesiastes 2:18-20

"18 I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned. 19 And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How meaningless! 20 So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world."

You can't take any of it with you.

One day you will log out, punch out, or walk out for the last time and someone will fill your chair the next day.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

"21 Some people work wisely with knowledge and skill, then must leave the fruit of their efforts to someone who hasn’t worked for it. This, too, is meaningless, a great tragedy."

Even the best workers will leave their work behind.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

"22 So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety? 23 Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless."

Rest is illusive when life isn't fulfilling.

Taking time off can't fix the way we spend our time on.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

"24 So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God."

If we believe what we busy ourselves with will give our lives meaning, we will never rest.

When we realize God gives our life meaning, we will enjoy the gifts he has given us.

Ecclesiastes 2:25-26

"25 For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him?[a] 26 God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind."

Finding joy in the experience of a relationship with the God of heaven will give your life meaning.

Food , work, and relationships have a lot in common.

They are either functional or fulfilling.

Psalm 34:8-22

"Taste and see that the Lord is good.

    Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!

9 Fear the Lord, you his godly people,

    for those who fear him will have all they need.

10 Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,

    but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.

11 Come, my children, and listen to me,

    and I will teach you to fear the Lord.

12 Does anyone want to live a life

    that is long and prosperous?

13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil

    and your lips from telling lies!

14 Turn away from evil and do good.

    Search for peace, and work to maintain it.

15 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;

    his ears are open to their cries for help.

16 But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;

    he will erase their memory from the earth.

17 The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help.

    He rescues them from all their troubles.

18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;

    he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

19 The righteous person faces many troubles,

    but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.

20 For the Lord protects the bones of the righteous;

    not one of them is broken!

21 Calamity will surely destroy the wicked,

    and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

22 But the Lord will redeem those who serve him.

    No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned."

God provides.

God sustains.

God hears.

God rescues.

God redeems.

Savor the goodness of God.

1. The Good Old Days

It's easy to focus on what is wrong.

Train yourself to focus on what is right.

2. The Tyranny of the Urgent.

Slow down enough to take in the gifts of God's goodness.

3. Fully known and truly loved.

True rest is found in walking with God.

We serve a God who can take meaningless tasks and make meaningful moments.

Real rest experiences the goodness of God and savors the moment.

Challenge: Slow down during meaningful moments.

-Meals

-Car rides

-Sunsets

-Conversations

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