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“God is never deaf to His children’s cry for help.”
Rest is “an anchor of the soul” (Heb 6:19) true rest is a place inside
ourselves where we can be still and know that He is God, no matter what is
happening around us.
Jesus says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). He instructs us not to allow our hearts to
be troubled but to resist it by deciding to rest in Him.
Resting is “casting all your care upon Him, for he cares for you” (1 Peter
5:7) and learning to be content no matter what the circumstances (Phil 4:11)
“God is in charge, I have prayed about it, He knows my need, I am obeying, I
can rest.
The Bible says rest is disturbed by sin, rebellion, and anxiety.
David said it best in Psalm 55:4-6
My heart is severely pained within me . . . .
Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
So I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove!
For then I would fly away and be at rest.”
How many times have we felt that way? But God commands us to pray and
deliberately take time to rest in Him.
Spend time with Him because your “soul finds rest in God alone” (Psalm 62:1)
Every good gift comes from Him. (James 1:17)
1 Peter 4:10
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good
stewards of the manifold grace of God.
The Bible doesn’t say we won’t have problems. “Many are the afflictions of
the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all” (Psalm 34:19)
God uses our problems for good when we commit them to prayer and are
obedient to His ways. Bad things do happen to good people. He is far, and He
will bring life out of our problems
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