One of the big themes in the Bible is the command to
rest.
The conversation began in the Garden and beginning with
God modeling it for us, “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had
been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed
the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of
creating that he had done.” [Ge 2]
One of my favorites is that incredible conversation
between Moses and God, where God promises, because Moses asked, “My Presence
will go with you, and I will give you rest.” [Ex 33]
Rest became a cornerstone of the Old Covenant Law: “The
seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work.”
One of Jesus’s big promises to us is rest, and an
acknowledgment that we need that rest. “Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest.” [Mt 11]
And later, Scripture reveals that there’s a price to pay
if we skip our rest: “Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest,
so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.” [Heb 4]
Years ago, Bob Jones prophesied, “The 2020’s will reveal
the Rest of God. To where the body will come into a place of resting in God,
where God will rest in us. And in this rest, the enemy will not be able to do
warfare because we are resting in God and He is resting in us, and He will
accomplish the things He means to do in a people that is at rest. He has always
wanted a people that will come into His rest. There never has been one but rest
is on the way.”
And now we’re all locked away in our homes. Resting.
Well, sort of. What an opportunity.
Sure, life’s a mess. That’s actually normal. We’re not
here to be comfortable. We’re here on a mission.
I’m looking to rest better in this season. That doesn’t
mean “Don’t do as much.” That means “Do the work from a place of rest.”
What are your experiences with learning about rest? What is Father teaching you, and how is he teaching it to you?
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