I think that this is the supreme satisfaction that comes to a child of God, that he’s in the will of God, that he’s doing the work of God, and that he can trust God—that he can just rest in Him. That place that Mary came to. She sat at Jesus’ feet, and Martha’s back yonder in the kitchen with those pots and pans. She was really worn to a frazzle. But Mary had already done her work. And if we just learn to sit at Jesus’ feet, that satisfaction— “Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” And friends, the only thing in the world that can rob you of that rest is unbelief.
Get ready to fight the good fight against legalism in Galatians. When this letter was written, it defended the gospel of Christ from people who wanted to reduce it to rules. Not surprising, Galatians has provided the backbone for several great spiritual revivals around the world. Freedom, we learn, is a serious fight. Allow grace to revolutionize your own life through these seven lessons from Dr. J. Vernon McGee.