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One of the greatest examples of how Jesus lived with margin was at the end of His life. On the evening before His most difficult day, Jesus took time away from His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus knew that in order for Him to have the stamina and the energy to bear the weight of the world’s sins on the cross the next day, He would have to take time to rest and prepare. Jesus wasn’t running around making sure everything was ready or worrying about His disciples. Instead, He was focused and knew that in order to do the one thing His Father sent Him to earth to do, He would have to take some time for Himself and rest.

How do you respond when stress seems to follow you at every turn or when you know you have something looming over you that you know will be difficult? So many of us let stress drive us in these situations beyond our capacity to handle more. It can become like a domino effect.

Instead of letting stress manage you, learn how to manage your stress by creating margin in your life so you have those times of intentional rest and relaxation so that you can carry out what God has called you to do. In fact, living with margin will enable you to do far more than you ever imagined. What things in your life are keeping you too busy? How is that busyness affecting your life?