![]() ![]() Taste and see how good YHWH is! Happiness comes to those who take refuge in YHWH. You guide me to lush pastures for the sake of your Name. You let me lie down in green meadows you lead me beside restful waters: you refresh my soul. ![]() YHWH, you are my shepherd-I want nothing more. I will both lie down and sleep in peace for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety. I lie down and sleep I wake again, for the Lord sustains me. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.” Job 11:18Īnd you will have confidence, because there is hope you will be protected and take your rest in safety. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He asked that he might die: “It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. 1 Kings 19:4-7īut himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. Remember that this nation is your people.” The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 1 Kings 5:4īut now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side there is neither adversary nor misfortune. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God you shall not do any work. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. ![]() God blessed the seventh day and called it sacred, because on it God rested from all the work of creation. On the seventh day God had finished all the work of creation, and so, on that seventh day, God rested. Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are quotes in the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) translation. Read through these words of radical rest, and then, maybe, just go take a nap. If our struggles preclude or exclude rest-If they are cultivating fear, anxiety, and a dwindling sense of hope-then we need to find a different way.”īelow, you’ll find 30 Bible verses on rest. Moore in “Rest Is Resistance.” “This identity, reflected in Jesus, tells us something about how we can and should live in this moment. Rest is also essential if we aim to follow the biblical call to “do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly” - work that is joyous, yes, but also exhausting. “The site of rest, the source of peace, and the offering of justice are one and the same,” writes Jeania Ree V. We can take comfort in this: If the son of God needed to take a break every now and then, so do we. In Matthew 8:23-26, Jesus rests in a boat during a torrential downpour, despite tides rising and crashing against the boat’s hull, threatening to capsize the passengers. In Exodus 20:8-10, God instructs the Israelites to embrace patterns of rest. Amen.In Genesis 2, after spending six days forming the earth, God rests “from all the work,” setting a sacred precedent. I pray all of this in the name and authority of Jesus Christ. I want to use my gifts and abilities to bring others to you, build up the Body of Christ, and bless those in need. Now, dear Father, please help me to use these gifts, experiences, and capabilities for your Kingdom's sake and to bless those around me. Thank you for the gifts your Spirit poured into me when I became your child. Thank you for the capabilities you wove into me while you fashioned me in my mother's womb (Psalm 139:13-16). Loving God, thank you for giving me the experiences I've had. Send me!" God wants us to enter the world redemptively, making a difference in our "public worship" through daily life in ministry and mission (Romans 12:1-2 Hebrews 12:28-13:16). With the world around us caught up in Satan's traps, God wants us to hear his call in our church and private worship and respond to him, saying, "Here am I. We are on earth to glorify God with our lips, lives, hearts, and hands. ![]() As important as corporate public worship and personal praise are, they are only part of our goal for worship. Church worship is not the goal of our life here on earth. ![]()
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