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2 Cor.
7:5-7
Rest Easy: How to Find Rest When You Won’t!
Introduction
This last weekend was hectic.
We were busy trying to get ready for Sharon’s graduation on Sunday.
Josh had flown in from Alabama and pleasantly surprised us.
I wanted to spend time with him and do some other things I had planned to do to prepare for my upcoming excursion at a horse training clinic.
God and Sharon had other plans and to be honest I didn’t handle them all that well.
Sunday was really busy.
You would think that with it being such a happy occasion what with Josh coming home, and Sharon graduating, it would have been a great weekend.
But I had no rest, because I just would not chill out, relax and know that it will all work out.
It has been my experience that if I just say to myself when I am becoming stressed and hyper, “Relax, it will all work out according to God’s will.
So chill out;” things work out to a more harmonious outcome.
The great apostle did not always ride a spiritual crest, which he was not hesitant to admit (cf.
2:4; 6:10).
He candidly admitted that his conflicts . . .
fears and depression (downcast) were brought on by apparent opposition or persecution in Macedonia, by anxiety about Titus’ well-being, by his reception by the Corinthians, and by their response to his letter.
Walvoord, J. F., Zuck, R. B., & Dallas Theological Seminary.
(1983-c1985).
/The Bible knowledge commentary : An exposition of the scriptures/ (2:571).
Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
So lets learn from Him how to Rest Easy and find rest when you won’t.
I.
No rest for the godly?
v.5
Paul picks up from v.4 to explain what he means by the tribulation that he rejoices in.
It is interesting to note that it is never easy to communicate and travel in those days nor today.
Paul had to depend on God and trust that things would work out regarding his plans for Titus visit to Corinth.
Today we still have to depend on God, trusting He will work out His will in our travels, etc.
Don't you get up tight when you are travelling trying to make a connection, or arrive at your destination?
Traveling always makes me uptight.
Sharon loves to tell the story of when we visited Grace land in Memphis.
I was sitting in the car at a light and She and the kids were out taking pictures of something.
The light turned green and I was getting upset yelling for them to get back into the car, saying “It’s a green light!”
But they just ignored me and in their own time they seated themselves in their respective seats.
While my desire was to plant them there as hard as I could and never let them out again.
Sharon couldn’t understand my high anxiety because there was no one behind me at the light and there wasn’t going to be for some time.
Travel gets me uptight.
I have to get where I am going in the shortest amount of time possible.
Can anyone else identify with me?
When I am traveling I am on a mission that must be accomplished.
Well this sort of anxiety must explain a little bit of Paul's anxiousness.
Even as I write this, My son-in-law, Josh, and granddaughter Madison are traveling to see his brother's ordination.
They were supposed to make their flight in Chicago, but were just parking with 10 minutes to spare before the flight was scheduled to leave.
They didn't make their flight, So they had to wait 3 hours for the next one.
But again, God is going before them and is surrounding them with His presence.
One of the reasons Paul had no rest was that Titus had yet to return to him, 2 Cor.
2:12-13.
In these verses he had no rest in his spirit, but in this verse he had no rest in his flesh.
Paul was troubled in many ways, cf. 2 Cor.
4:8.
He had no rest, no relaxation in heart.
we don't know what the trials were exactly 2 Cor.
6:4-10, but he does give us two sides of it in general terms:
1. outside there were conflicts~/fightings
μαχαι- a severe clash, conflict, battles, 2 Tim.
2:23; James 4:1; Prov.
15:18; 1 Tim.
6:4.
This word carries the idea of heated quarrels that divide people.
It is used for military combat as well as sporting contests.
Acts 7:26 as Stephen retells how Moses found to Hebrews fighting each other.
And in John 6:52 for a dispute regarding who Jesus is.
IN light of the use of the word Paul means some sort of verbal arguing and possibly the physical beatings he has taken to preach the gospel to others.
2. inside were fears.
φοβος- these fears may have been fear for his life or fear that they would not respond to his letter correctly(2 Cor.
2:4) or that they would reject him or Titus.
They could have been fear that he would lose them and all his work with them would be lost.
Recently, I found out that a friend of mine, George, who had became a believer while in jail and subsequently went to prison had been stabbed 13x.
I found out that he had left Christ and out of fear joined a gang.
But he realized that he needed to go back to the Lord and and at the risk of his life quit the gang.
That is when he was stabbed.
He knew there would be danger when he came back to Christ but he did it anyway.
He then got a transfer and was in protective custody.
A man he knew from his former prison was transferred in to his same area.
He knew he was from the same gang.
He feared for his life again because there was a contract put out on him.
A few days later this man approached him and said he had been watching him and after what he had been through he still kept his faith.
That impressed the man so much that George led him to Christ.
Now that man who is a big hulking man is his guard.
No one gets close to George with out going through Him.
I want to tell you no one gets close to you with out going through God first.
You might be anxious and uptight because of an argument you had with a spouse, child or co-worker, or because of some stress in your life over work, impending traveling, finances, your health.
There is no rest for you right now.
You can't sleep, your mind is always on the issue.
It feels like you can't turn your mind off.
But you’re doing your best to follow God and yet you experience no rest right now.
Paul has a similar situation.
Look what he does and learn from him.
Is there rest for the godly?
For you?
II.
Yes, there is rest for the godly!
v.6
Though Paul was in distress, nevertheless, the comfort of God more than met his needs.
We can understand from this passage the following truths:
A. God is the source of all comfort,
2 Cor.
1:3ff.
2 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV) \\ 14 Now thanks/ be/ unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Isaiah 49:13 (KJV) \\ 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
B. God is the one who comforts those who are cast down.
ταπιενους-humble, down cast, poor, lowly, not high and lifted up, lowly of spirit, insignificant, a lower class.
Romans 12:16 (KJV)
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