How do you balance life and Jesus?

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How do you balance life and Jesus? Yesterday was a very overwhelming day. I had 50 things to do and only enough time to do five. So, my wife and I were talking this morning and she reminded me, "Hey, Jesus was never in a rush. You never see him running. He was just walking." Even when Jesus is back in his hometown talking to people and they get mad at him, it says, "They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built in order to throw him off the cliff, but he walked right through the crowd and went on his way. Even when the world was literally about to push him over the edge, Jesus just calmly walked through it. How do we get that calmness to peacefully walk through it like Jesus? Well, thankfully, there are two places in scripture where Jesus just gives this secret away. Jesus, when talking with his disciples, said, "The advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I've said to you. Peace I leave with you. My peace I give you. I do not give you as the world gives." The world gives chaos, fear, or a spirit, but Jesus says, "Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." So, Jesus is saying, "Once God sends us the Holy Spirit, he will teach us what to do and remind us of the words of God spoken in scripture." But, how's that beneficial? Well, one of the things that Jesus said is, "Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." When I was overwhelmed yesterday, that was all I wanted. "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I'm gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." I explained this before, but a yoke is this thing they used to put between two oxen. They would have this bigger, experienced ox that they would attach it to and then attach a newer ox to it so that the big one can guide them and teach them what to do. And Jesus is saying, "Bring it to me." Essentially, lock in with Jesus. He will guide us teaching us what to do because he's carrying the burden and we're just walking with him, being guided by him through the Holy Spirit. So, we're not supposed to face chaos alone. We don't go to God at church, charge up, then come back. We walk peacefully like Jesus by walking with Jesus. So that, when life feels like it's about to push us over the edge, like Jesus, literally a few chapters after he experienced it, he shared how we will be able to deal with it. "When you are brought before the synagogues, rulers, and authorities, which is right where he was at, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say." When we are facing crisis and chaos, most of the time we're not going to be able to pause and go spend several hours with Jesus to balance out before coming back to do the thing. Thankfully, after we accept the salvation of Jesus and confess that he is Lord, we receive the Holy Spirit, can lock in with Jesus, and in that moment say, "God, how do you want me to handle this?" And by doing that, we are casting our burdens on him and are in a position to receive guidance. I'm thankful my wife reminded me of that. But, let me know, how could we be praying for each other today, friends? God bless.