The Lord will never be too busy to attend to our need

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: Jesus calls his disciples to rest, but a multitude in need of ministry interrupts their plans. Jesus shows compassion and mercy towards the crowd, revealing his character as one that takes pity on our needs and condition. As believers, we should also be people of compassion, treating others with great mercy and grace. Our churches should be places of refuge and healing, dealing with people in their brokenness and imperfections with the same mercy with which Christ treated the multitude. Let us be people of mercy and grace, following the example of Jesus.

The Lord calls the disciples to go on vacation, find a place of retreat, and invites them to spend some time together resting. The Christian life has to be a balanced life, not everything is just serving, serving , serving, working, working, working, and even in the secular world as well or anything at work at home , the housewives or whatever. We must take time to rest, relax, charge the batteries and then return to the charge with new strength.

That is an unavoidable law of life and certainly also of Christian life and ministry. And we have to give each other opportunities to take those break times. Interestingly, what happens here reveals something about the person of Jesus that I want to share with you as well.

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