Rest In Peace
Rest in Peace
I have a phobia of idleness. I’m admitting it today.
If I sit still my mind thinks of things I want to be doing or I just go to sleep. This may sound ridiculous to some, but it’s the honest truth. Part of me feels like I need to be busy all the time, use-it-or-lose-it...but rest is a good thing and I don’t mean sleep.
Before the hustle and bustle of these days people rested well. Farmers and ranchers would nap during the heat of the day. On Sunday families would rest; some to extremity of not doing anything at all which might be too far...IE the Little House series.
Rest is biblical. Hebrews 4 hit home for me as I was studying. The PERFECT rest can be obtained, is warranted and very important; HIS rest.
We know God rested on the seventh day as it states in Genesis, and we can understand taking a break from working, but what is it to rest in Him or to enter HIS rest (Hebrews 4:3)? If we back up to Hebrews 3 we can dig in and understand the implications therein. However, I’d like to hop straight to the point that hit home for me; after all the examples laid out in the passage, I heard “Rest in ME”.
Hebrews 4: 9-10 “There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.” Following that, verses 11-13 make it clear that the word of God is powerful and HE misses nothing.
There.
That’s where I find my perfect rest. Staying in His word, and resting in His perfect peace as I make time to listen to Him. How in the world can I expect to hear Him while I busy myself with things of the world unless He gets my attention? Rattles my cage, rocks my world, shakes me to the core, hits me over the head.
Bottom line, when He has something to say He will make sure I know it if He has to knock me to my knees. But when I rest in Him...I hear Him. My eyes are opened to His love and comfort and His will for me and my life. It’s so much easier and less painful than pushing against Him because I’m busy.
Honestly, if I’m not busy for Him it’s all fruitless anyway.
Rest peacefully, Rest in HIM.
