DeepSummary
Sadie Robertson welcomes her friend April Rogers to discuss April's new book 'Resting in Jesus: A 30-Day Walk with Mary and Martha'. They dive deep into the biblical story of Mary and Martha, examining themes of worry, trust, healing, and finding true rest in Jesus amidst life's difficulties. April shares her personal experiences, including her battle with a high risk of breast cancer that led to a preventative mastectomy, as she wrote this book.
April emphasizes that true rest comes not from absence of work, but from trusting in Jesus even during hard circumstances. She unpacks how Mary's posture of sitting at Jesus' feet listening represents prioritizing intimacy with God over busyness. April reveals that writing this book became her own lesson in resting through her health crisis, as she had to trust God for strength each day.
Through examining Mary and Martha's story, April highlights that Jesus offers resurrection and new life not just physically, but spiritually and emotionally for our wounded areas. She encourages being a 'woman of legacy' by continually positioning ourselves at Jesus' feet like Mary to find healing, receive His Word, and be transformed to act more like Him.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- True rest comes not from absence of activity, but from trusting God in the midst of life's difficulties.
- Continually positioning ourselves at Jesus' feet, like Mary did, is key to finding soul-healing and spiritual transformation.
- Worry stems from a false belief that it gives us control, while true control comes from trusting God with our circumstances.
- Jesus offers spiritual and emotional resurrection, not just physical resurrection, for our wounded areas of life.
- Being a woman of spiritual legacy is about acting like Jesus, not pursuing fame or merely talking about him.
- Belief in who Jesus claims to be - the resurrection and the life - is foundational to finding true life and rest in Him.
- God often teaches us profound lessons about resting in Him during our most difficult personal crises when faith is tested.
- Finding sacred pauses to sit at Jesus' feet and soak in His words counterbalances our human busyness and tendency to anxiety.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “We falsely believe that if we worry, we can invoke some kind of control over our situation. But in reality, God is the one who is in control and has the power to change our situation.“ by April Rogers
- “At its root, worry robs us of trusting the Lord to meet our needs.“ by April Rogers
- “To be a woman of legacy is not about building our fame or fortune. It's not even about how much we talk about Jesus. It's more about how we act like him. And the only way that we are going to act more like him is to place ourselves at his feet.“ by April Rogers
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WHOA That's Good Podcast
Sadie Robertson Huff
3/25/24