{"id":14281,"date":"2013-08-28T01:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=14281"},"modified":"2013-08-25T21:43:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T02:43:56","slug":"enter-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/28\/enter-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Enter To Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a>The children in my class are laid down to rest for two hours each day.\u00a0 Everyone does well laying quietly, except one.\u00a0 This boy loves to talk, shout, and walk around during naptime. I constantly tell him to be quiet, lay down, and don\u2019t talk so loud!\u00a0 And he constantly does what he wants, while glancing at me to see if I’m watching.<\/p>\n

I’m like this with God.\u00a0 He gives me days of work and He gives me days of rest. Rest, to me, has always referred to sleeping or doing absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n

However when I read Psalm 91:1, it gives me the impression that neither sleep or not doing anything is not what is being referred to in this verse.<\/p>\n

Those who dwell in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.<\/p>\n

No, the type of rest that is being referred to is the type of rest that has always baffled me. It is the\u00a0 kind of rest spoken of in Matthew 11:28-30.<\/p>\n

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Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.\u00a0 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.\u00a0 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When I take a day off to rest, I don’t clean, won’t go anywhere, and I used to “take the day off” from spending time with God.<\/p>\n

…For anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his,”
\nHebrews 4:10<\/p>\n

Resting, God’s rest, requires my heart to be quiet, and that\u2019s no small feat.\u00a0 And it definitely is not possible without God\u2019s word.\u00a0 To me, resting is the equivalent of\u00a0 “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).\u00a0 Know that You are God<\/em>? Check!\u00a0 Be still<\/em>? Excuse me, what does that mean?\u00a0 My body may not be in motion, but you better believe my heart is still doing laps around the concepts of “rest” and “be still.”<\/p>\n

The best way to combat a restless heart is to dwell in the shelter of the Most High\u2014<\/p>\n

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.\u00a0 And the peace of God that transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
\nPhilippians 4:6-7<\/p>\n

In Hebrews 4:11 it says, “Make every effort to enter [God’s] rest.”\u00a0 Every effort<\/em>.\u00a0 This rest doesn’t come naturally to our hearts, though our hearts were made for this rest, we have to be intentional!\u00a0 When was the last time you wrote “rest<\/em><\/strong>” into your daily planner?\u00a0 Schedule a heart rest…we all need it.<\/p>\n

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Thank You, Abba, for being so gracious to us that You saw our need for rest and created a way for us to enter into it.\u00a0 Thank You for peace.\u00a0 May we intentionally latch onto Your rest.\u00a0 In Jesus’ name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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