This post is from my first LWT partner teaching letter of 2024 and I wanted to share it here also with you. It’s titled “Finding Godly Rest in a Noisy World”.
God has always wanted the best for us, His kids, and for us to enjoy the life we have been blessed with. John 10:10 tells us that Jesus came so that we “may have life and have it abundantly”. Sadly, many aren’t enjoying the abundant life God has blessed us with through Jesus. Why is that? I think that it’s in our daily choices and one of those choices is to not rest in the abundant blessings of God. Where there is no rest there is no joy or peace.
Let’s look at the word abundantly a little closer. In the Greek translation, it is “Perissos” which translates as superabundance, excessive, overflowing, surplus, over and above, more than enough, profuse, extraordinary, above the ordinary, and more than sufficient. That’s a powerful word and through Jesus, it describes the life God has planned for us, His kids.
We can only find true rest in the Godly abundance that He has provided us IF we can put our faith and trust in Him. I said, trust and not try! Living by faith is not a struggle but instead, it’s a rest. You can enter into God’s rest in every area of your life no matter what’s going on around you IF you trust in Him.
I have discovered that stress comes from the way we approach circumstances and our attitudes. I have realized that the world will probably never change, but I can learn how to change the way I go about handling challenging situations. When we don’t do our part which is to trust in Him and instead try to do His part ourselves, that’s when we live stressed out with worry, fear, anxiety, frustration, no peace, and no joy. We MUST always remind ourselves that worrying is useless and trusting God means we give up worrying, reasoning, and anxiety and enter into His rest.
I want to leave you with this, trust God’s unconditional love for you today and every day. Do what you can do and give Him the rest! When you find yourself getting frustrated, feeling overwhelmed, like you just can’t do it anymore, remember to stop, get your focus back on Him, and enter His rest once again. It’s so amazing to know that God is always with us, showering us with His goodness, mercy, and grace!
Enjoy the journey,
Keith & Debbie