“The Rest of Our Lord”

 
 
in God alone I rest
 
by Dona Hake
 
 
 
 
Today I want to encourage your heart to maintain a sweet rest in your Heavenly Father.  Daily responsibilities and cares can just take it out of us if we are not seeking His face and casting our cares upon Him.    When you are overwhelmed, weary and anxious, are you quick to run to Him?   We can only deepen the revelation of this truth within our hearts.    
 
 
 
Matthew 11:28
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened,

and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]”
 
 
 
 
 
Just as you have to continue to deposit money in your checking account to continue writing checks, we also have to continue to deposit the things of the Spirit within our hearts and minds.     We cannot live off of the the testimonies of yesterday, even though they do encourage our hearts.   We cannot expect our faith from yesterday is enough either.    We must go to Him quickly and diligently. We must continue to go deeper and deeper with our Lord, for it is in that place that we will experience complete strength, hope, and complete rest.
 
 
 
 
If we are honest with ourselves we may see that  there are times when we are pushing the boundaries of our bodies and minds to the place in which we so often experience a weariness.     Many times we are doing things that have to be done but because we are not continuing to dwell in Him that we become to feel overwhelmed and living on the fumes of yesterday’s faith and energy.
As we continue to grow in the depths of all that He is, we must make every effort to make Him  our dwelling place.     It is there that there is strength and peace beyond any comprehension exists. We will  indeed experience a peace that passes all understanding!   I believe that God wants us to live in a place called rest that ONLY He provides. So what is this rest? Here is one definition that I loved…
 
 
 
Rest:   relief or freedom, especially from anything that wearies, troubles, or disturbs.
 
 
 
 
Let us abide under the shadow of His wings and I mean abide…live there, hang out, stay there….God wants us to remain before Him. He does not desire we come and go as we please. He does not desire that we come to Him when only life’s problems come up, but He desires we stay put. It is as we rest in that place that we really do experience His rest!
 
 
“Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from Him,”
Psalm 62:5 HCSB