What does it mean to rest in God? This is a question in which I have wracked my brain to find the answer for. Let's get going! There is a lot of meat to this biblical issue of rest.
We are a society, where the more you do, the more successful you are or the more successful you will be.
We are on hyper-overdrive with commitments, text and emails to respond to, phone calls to make. The list goes on and on. We are overstimulated but because of the nature of our society, we do feel overly stimulated. This is why we need to hyper-vigilant of our mental health. Anxiety and and depression are on the rise, because of the face pace in our society. We are not in Mayberry anymore- as nice as that would be. Let's digest ways to find rest though our relationship with Jesus.
The first thing is that worry and faith cannot coexist together. When we pray and start worrying about what we pray for, we in effect cancel out what we had just prayed.
We can only find spiritual rest when we stop trying to do things in our own strength and when we invite God to bring spiritual rest and renewal.
When we acknowledge who God is and that He is the creator of us and everything we see, our spirits lift. We learn to rest in God when we remember He is our helps and hope. True rest can be found simply by praising Him for who He is- despite how we feel in the given moment.
Here are two ways to find rest in God.
Casting Your Cares- casting Him our cares like a fisherman cast fish. When we give our worries to God, we are assigned help, rest and hope for getting through it.
Release Attachment to Outcome- No longer living in fear of "what-if's or lose faith when things don't go our way. When we pray this way, we trust God with the outcome and give Him control.
I hope this helps you and I find REAL rest in a society that forgets what real rest is!
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