Psalm 23:1-2 CSB –
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
Matthew 11:28 CSB – “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
What Drives Soul-Fatigue?
Mistaken Identity (Finding my worth on anything but God)
Ecclesiastes 10:15 CSB – The struggles of fools weary them,
for they don’t know how to go to the city
Materialism
Proverbs 23:4-5 CSB – Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;
because you know better, stop!
5 As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Luke 12:15 CSB – “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 CSB – “Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.”
Envy
Ecclesiastes 4:4 CSB – I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind
Ecclesiastes 4:4a NLT – I have seen that all the work done is because a man wants what his neighbor has.
Under-Valuing Relationships
Ecclesiastes 4:7-8 CSB – Again, I saw futility under the sun: 8 There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother [no relationships], and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “Who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself of good things?” This too is futile and a miserable task.
Philippians 2:2-5 CSB – Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. 4 Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the interests of others.
5 Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus,
Fear
Ecclesiastes 6:7 CSB – All of a person’s labor is for his stomach,
yet the appetite is never satisfied.
Psalm 127:2 CSB – In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.
Matthew 11:28 CSB – “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Psalm 23:1-2 CSB – The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
Four Practical Next Steps to Find Rest in the Good Shepherd
1. Find Your Identity in the Good Shepherd
HE makes me to lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside the still waters.”
2 Corinthians 5:16 CSB – From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective.
Galatians 3:27ff CSB – For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed….
James 1:18 CSB – By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Psalm 8:3-4 CSB – When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,
4 what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man that you look after him?
2. Enjoy What The Good Shepherd Has Already Provided
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
1 Corinthians 10:10 CSB – And don’t grumble as some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer
Philippians 4:12-13 CSB – I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. 13 I am able to do all things through him[Jesus] who strengthens me.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 CSB – Better one handful with rest
than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind
1 Timothy 6:8 CSB – If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
1 Timothy 6:17 CSB – Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
3. Practice the Weekly Discipline of Resting in the Good Shepherd: Sabbath
Matthew 11:28 CSB – “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
