Friday, February 19 Come . . . into an isolated place and rest up a little.​—Mark 6:31.

[Ella Mentry]

Friday, February 19

Come . . . into an isolated place and rest up a little.—Mark 6:31.

 

Jesus knew that at times he and the apostles needed some rest. However, many people back then and many today can be likened to the rich man in Jesus’ illustration. That man convinced himself: “Take it easy, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.” (Luke 12:19; 2 Tim. 3:4) He set his heart on rest and pleasures. In contrast, Jesus and the apostles did not center their lives on pleasing themselves. Today, we try to imitate Jesus by using the time we have off from work not only to rest but also to do good by witnessing to others and attending Christian meetings. In fact, to us, disciple-making and meeting attendance are so important that we make every effort to engage regularly in those sacred activities. (Heb. 10:24, 25) Even when we are on vacation, we keep to our regular spiritual routine of attending meetings wherever we are, and we look for opportunities to have conversations with those whom we meet.—2 Tim. 4:2. w19.12 7 ¶16-17

[Alexa]

We center our lives to the ministry. Making sure every possible way we would find the rightly disposed ones.

[Vinnie]

Setting our heart on helping others, in the ministry, working on a deep comment for the meetings, consoling or cheering up  a friend, cleaning the kingdom hall, widening out our associations through zoom, caring for the poor, the lame , the sick and the blind, the widow and the fatherless boy,  all these things are work for us but may give those who receive them a chance for peace and rest

[Sister Twister]

At 2 Timothy 3v4 lovers of pleasure are likened to betrayers , Jehovah has given us everything and to be lovers of pleasure rather than a lover of him is a betrayal.

 

 

[Mamee]

Today we imitate Jesus by using our time wisely. We do not take vacation from spiritual things, rather we take vacation to rest our body and mind to focus on spiritual things. Just like Jesus we need to have a balance view of work and rest.