Mt11:28-30 Play for the Glory of God
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# Play for the
Glory of God ## Matthew 11:28-30 >>> + 2-week topical series: + Christian perspective on **work** + Perspective on **leisure** + **what** leisure time? + **suffering** as currency: one-up + proper attitude to **work**: + **review** last time: --- ## Work for the Glory of God 1. Aspire to be a **fool**, not a professional 1. Work to train your **heart** 1. Toil for God's **kingdom**
by resting in His **victory** >>> + Pitfall: snare of **Professionalism** + Chasing the **Guild** + Building **Ambition** + Earning **Wages** + Purpose: blessing of **Employment** + Rejecting **Idleness** + **Sharing** Generously + Training our **Heart** Attitude + Promise of peace: grace of **God's Work** + Welcoming His **Return** + Steadfast because of His **Victory** --- You have made us for **yourself**, O Lord, and our heart is **restless**
until it **rests** in you. [Saint Augustine, *Confessions*
(Lib 1,1-2,2.5,5: CSEL 33, 1-5)](# "ref") >>> + first, a reflection: + our **purpose** + **identity** are in Christ + pursuit of anything **else** leaves us + drained, unfulfilled, **restless** --- ## Your highest **joy**
is to glorify God.
## **Clear** your calendar.
## **Wake up** to Christ’s return;
**Rest** in His care. >>> + for **working** + for **students** + for **retired** --- ## Play for the Glory of God 1. Christian **Hedonism** 1. Calendar **Zero** 1. Active **Rest** --- ## 1. Christian Hedonism 1. Made for His **Glory** 1. The Highest **Joy** >>> + hedonism: pursuit of **pleasure** --- But now thus says the LORD,
he who **created** you, O Jacob,
he who **formed** you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have **redeemed** you;
I have **called** you by name,
you are **mine** ... [Isaiah 43:1 (ESV) (p.1/2)](# "ref") --- Fear not, for I am **with** you; I will ... Bring my **sons** from afar and
my **daughters** from the end of the earth, everyone who is **called** by my **Name**,
whom I **created** for my **glory**,
whom I **formed** and made.” [Isaiah 43:5-7 (ESV) (p.2/2)](# "ref") --- ## 1. Christian Hedonism 1. Made for His Glory 1. **The Highest Joy** --- **Bless** the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his **benefits**, who forgives all your **iniquity**,
who heals all your **diseases**, ... [Psalm 103:2-3 (ESV) (p.1/4)](# "ref") --- who redeems your **life** from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast **love** and **mercy**, who **satisfies** you with good so that
your **youth** is renewed like the eagle's. ... [Psalm 103:3-4 (ESV) (p.2/4)](# "ref") --- For as high as the **heavens**
are above the **earth**, so great is his **steadfast love**
toward those who **fear him**; as far as the **east** is from the **west**,
so far does he remove
our **transgressions** from us. ... [Psalm 103:11-12 (ESV) (p.3/4)](# "ref") --- As a **father** shows compassion
to his **children**, so the Lord shows **compassion**
to those who **fear him**. For he **knows** our frame;
he remembers that we are **dust**. [Psalm 103:13-14 (ESV) (p.4/4)](# "ref") --- If we consider the unblushing **promises**
of reward ... in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds
our **desires** not too strong, but **too weak**. ... [C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory", 1941 (p.1/3)](# "ref") --- We are **half-hearted** creatures,
fooling about with
**drink** and **sex** and **ambition** ... when **infinite joy** is offered us, ... [C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory", 1941 (p.2/3)](# "ref") --- like an **ignorant child** who wants
to go on making **mud pies** in a slum because he cannot **imagine** what is meant
by the offer of a **holiday at sea**. We are far **too easily pleased**. [C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory", 1941 (p.3/3)](# "ref") [© 2006 David K, CC-BY-SA 2.0](https://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticrevolver/228226305/ "caption") --- # Your highest **joy**
is to **glorify** God --- ## Play for the Glory of God 1. Christian Hedonism 1. **Calendar Zero** 1. Active Rest --- ## 2. Calendar Zero 1. **Exercise** is of Some Value 1. **Friends** of the Heart --- **Train** yourself for godliness: for while **bodily** training is of **some** value,
**godliness** is of value in **every** way, as it holds **promise** for the **present** life
and also for the life **to come**. ... [1 Timothy 4:7b-8 (ESV) (p.1/2)](# "ref") --- For to this end we **toil** and **strive**: because we have our **hope** set
on the **living God**, who is the **Savior** of all people,
especially of those who **believe**. [1 Timothy 4:10 (ESV) (p.2/2)](# "ref") --- Do you not know that in a **race**
all the runners **run**,
but only one receives the **prize**? So **run** that you may **obtain** it. Every **athlete** exercises
**self-control** in all things. They do it to receive a **perishable** wreath,
but we an **imperishable**. ... [1 Corinthians 9:24-25 (ESV) (p.1/2)](# "ref") --- So I do not run **aimlessly**;
I do not box as one beating the **air**. But I **discipline** my body
and keep it under **control**, lest after preaching to **others**
I **myself** should be disqualified. [1 Corinthians 9:26-27 (ESV) (p.2/2)](# "ref") --- ## 2. Calendar Zero 1. Exercise is of Some Value 1. **Friends of the Heart** --- [Pray] for us as well,
that God will open up to us
a **door** for the Word, so that we may **speak forth**
the **mystery** of Christ,
for which I have also been imprisoned; that I may make it **clear**
in the way I ought to **speak**. ... [Colossians 4:3-4 (NASB) (p.1/2)](# "ref") --- Conduct yourselves
with **wisdom** toward outsiders,
making the most of the **opportunity**. Let your speech always be with **grace**,
as though **seasoned** with salt, so that you will know
how you should **respond** to each person. [Colossians 4:5-6 (NASB) (p.2/2)](# "ref") --- ## Play for the Glory of God 1. Christian Hedonism 1. Calendar Zero 1. **Active Rest** --- ## 3. Active Rest 1. **Awake**, for the **Night** is Coming 1. **Rest**, for the **Sabbath** is Coming --- For you are all **sons of light** and sons of day. We are not of **night** nor of darkness;
so then let us not **sleep** as others do, but let us be **alert** and **sober**. [1 Thessalonians 5:5-6 (NASB)](# "ref") --- ## 3. Active Rest 1. Awake, for the Night is Coming 1. **Rest, for the Sabbath is Coming** --- **Come** to Me,
all who are **weary** and heavy-laden,
and I will give you **rest**. Take My **yoke** upon you and **learn** from Me,
for I am **gentle** and **humble** in heart, and you will find **rest** for your souls. [Matthew 11:27-29 (ESV)](# "ref") >>> 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. --- So then, there remains
a **Sabbath rest** for the people of God, for whoever has entered **God's rest**
has also rested from **his works**
as **God** did from his. Let us therefore **strive** to enter that rest,
so that no one may **fall**
by the same sort of **disobedience**. [Hebrews 4:9-11 (ESV)](# "ref") --- ## Your highest **joy**
is to glorify God.
## **Clear** your calendar.
## **Wake up** to Christ’s return;
**Rest** in His care.