Psalm 127:2 (NKJV)
2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved sleep.
Are you tired? You went to bed. You had time away from work, but you’re still tired? Is your mind always racing? Are you either trying to get ahead? Stay ahead? Or, catch up? Maybe you’re just trying to hold it together.
So many of us our so busy. So many of us are either worried, stressed or obsessed.
Then what do we say when someone transitions from this life…”Rest in Peace!”
I want to encourage you today to learn to rest in peace BEFORE you die!
One of the enemy’s greatest manipulations is to keep us spiritually weak because we don’t rest. He wants us too tired to read and study God’s word. He wants us too tired to take the time to pray before we eat our food, before we go to bed at night. He wants us too tired to go to worship.
How many times have you said, “I’m not going to church today…I’m too tired!”
Rest is so important to God that He commanded we rest one day every week (Exodus 20:10). He told us to do no work! But, I’ve noticed that in some church cultures people will go to morning worship, then they will leave and go to another church and worship having what’s called ‘afternoon services’ or ‘special days’….Men’s Day, Women’s Day etc. Then some will even have another service in the evening.
Just as much as it is God’s will that we don’t forsake the assembling of ourselves together and that we worship regularly, it’s not His will for us to spend all day in church to the point that we don’t rest at all. That is establishing our own righteousness (Romans 10:3).
I have to admit when it comes to not getting enough rest. I’m guilty. I’m guilty of sometimes letting life’s problems weigh too heavy on my mind. I’m guilty of not stopping to just do nothing and rest my mind, body and spirit
I encourage you to learn to rest in peace before you die. Learn to rest your body. Learn to rest your mind. Learn to rest you spirit. Learn to refresh yourself in God’s word and prayer. Learn to say NO. Learn to say I can’t do that. Learn to say I need some time to myself. Think of how Jesus would withdraw to Himself (Luke 5:16).
The Lord has promised to help us with our ‘rest problem…’
Matthew 11:28New King James Version (NKJV)
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Learn to get yourself some rest because if you don’t…you’re being disobedient.
BE BLESSTIFIED!
God is teaching me this very thing right now! I will soon write all about it in a couple of weeks when things are “complete”, but for now, I am resting in this truth! Learning to be still and sit at the feet of Jesus is so hard, but so incredibly rewarding! Thanks for a good word brother!
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Hallelujah! I look forward to reading your post. God is definitely working. Thanks my sister:-)
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I can hardly wait to write it! But being patient and waiting on HIS timing!! You’re welcome!
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That’s true. If God rested on the seventh day then we need rest too or else we break down.
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Amen my brother! Always good to hear from you!
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Amen! This is a Word for me!
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To God be the glory!
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Reblogged this on BE BLESSTIFIED!.
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Point well taken, Now to refine the point.
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