Undisturbed (2 Chron. 14-15)
Christians sometimes get the idea that they should remain undisturbed. (What I really mean is that I sometimes get the selfish idea that I should be left undisturbed.) But that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Because I need rest sometimes from the hectic pace of life, I like being undisturbed, but it shouldn’t become the focus of my life, and I should never feel like I deserve it or have earned it in any way. I thought of this because summer is almost over. I’m not saying teachers live for summer (although some probably do and I too fall guilty at times), but it is a much-needed mental and physical break. Teaching children of any age is difficult—‘nough said! So, anyway, my summer has been very restful; at the same time, it has been productive and has rejuvenated me, but I can’t live in perpetual summer as much as I sometimes think I would like to do so. As I reread one of my favorite sections of 2 Chronicles yesterday, I came across this word: undisturbed. King Asa, the