Did you know that God has a resting place for you? Our 21st century lives are so frantically busy that often we live in a state of turmoil instead of a state of rest. God says in Jeremiah 50:6: “My people . . . have forgotten their resting place.”
Your Savior, Jesus Christ, wants you to live and abide in Him, which is a place of rest because He lives in rest. Nothing takes Him by surprise. Nothing gets Him upset. He doesn’t get into a stew and worry Himself sick. He is in control of all things and every detail of your life. And He dwells in you by the power of His Holy Spirit.
In the midst of the whirlwind of life all around you, your soul can live in rest. They hymn says,
There is a place of quiet rest,
Near to the heart of God,
A place where sin cannot molest,
Near to the heart of God.
He calls your home a resting place. Proverbs 24:15 says: “Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place.” God doesn’t want anything or anyone to spoil your resting place, your home. Guard against it happening.
I read about a man of God who used to sign his letters, “Restfully busy.”
Facing all we have to accomplish today, do you think we could live a restfully busy life instead of a frantically busy life?
Be blessed,
Nancy Campbell
Painting: “Mother and baby” by Gertrude Käsebier, 1900