This past month I have really been wrestling with what it means to rest in God. On a surface level it seems to be really easy, but the more I thought and prayed about it, the more God showed me how restless I am. Something that I have come to find is that true rest is only found in a right relationship with God.
Some of my days I wake up on the “wrong side of the bed,” but that’s not it at all. Really what has happened is that there is restlessness in my spirit. It is amazing to find that when I look at myself and take the time to ask God what is going on inside of me that He is oh so quick to show me. I have to confess that there are times that I do listen, but more often there are times when my stubbornness keeps me separated from Him. I am finding more and more that “rejecting His voice is rejecting His face because it rejects the opportunity for an authentic relationship with God.”
So after struggling with the issue, I have come to a deeper understanding of what resting in God truly means. It is doing what Adam did in the garden and taking a leisurely walk with God, being honest with Him and listening to Him. It is being still. It is being surrounded by the whirlwind of life and still being able to focus on the steps of the planned dance that God has choreographed for my life. It is staying focused on and listening to choreographer while I dance. I am finding that rest is “working from His presence rather than working for His presence.”
To say the least, it has been an interesting couple of weeks. Life continues, the devil continues to throw lies at me, and the strongholds here are endless. What it comes down to is who do I put my trust into? In whom do I rest? Each day was meant to be a leisurely walk with God.
Some of my days I wake up on the “wrong side of the bed,” but that’s not it at all. Really what has happened is that there is restlessness in my spirit. It is amazing to find that when I look at myself and take the time to ask God what is going on inside of me that He is oh so quick to show me. I have to confess that there are times that I do listen, but more often there are times when my stubbornness keeps me separated from Him. I am finding more and more that “rejecting His voice is rejecting His face because it rejects the opportunity for an authentic relationship with God.”
So after struggling with the issue, I have come to a deeper understanding of what resting in God truly means. It is doing what Adam did in the garden and taking a leisurely walk with God, being honest with Him and listening to Him. It is being still. It is being surrounded by the whirlwind of life and still being able to focus on the steps of the planned dance that God has choreographed for my life. It is staying focused on and listening to choreographer while I dance. I am finding that rest is “working from His presence rather than working for His presence.”
To say the least, it has been an interesting couple of weeks. Life continues, the devil continues to throw lies at me, and the strongholds here are endless. What it comes down to is who do I put my trust into? In whom do I rest? Each day was meant to be a leisurely walk with God.
- Heather
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You make me smile! :)
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