FINDING REST IN GOD

        

Recently everyday I wake up , I remind my soul to find rest in God daily even before I take up the task for the day.  When the word rest comes to mind, Matthew 11:28-29 readily jumps up. In the scripture I got to understand that finding rest starts with OBEDIENCE.  Hebrew 4:6 emphasis on several people who never entered the place of rest because they never obeyed.

In Christ, we find rest for his burden is lighter than that which we seem to hold onto. Finding rest also means trusting in God ( Proverbs 3:5). You only get to obey the one whom you trust in. Trusting God takes grace especially when one is in their darkest moment. Trusting God means resting and relying on him even when it doesn't look like it.

To truly find rest, we must learn to release our faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen(Hebrew 11:1). No man truly pleases God except through faith. Learning to release our faith gets us into the place of rest.  Abraham for several years never had children but when the Lord told him he would become the father of many nations. He learnt to release his faith and even though he never got the promise after some years. He still found rest in God.

Finding rest in God is being at peace. Peace is never absence of storm but rather finding calmness in the solitude of your soul even in the storm. Job is a man I can say had this rest though had several reasons to give up but never did because he found rest in God.

Which area of your life seems to bring you down everytime? Today, you can begin by finding rest in God.

Thanks for reading!