Psalms 45:15 - 69:21
Rock of Ages is one of my favorite hymns; it is one of my resting places. We all need resting places; where we can go and fully rely on the Lord's strength, mercy, and lovingkindness. They can be songs, passages of scripture, or certain places that allow us to totally focus on God. It's the times that our spirit is quiet before the Lord.
I have shared this with my sunday school class, but thought it would be appropriate here, too.
We are so busy today, that rest is a premium.
Rest means we "cease from action" any self-effort on our part regarding our salvation. This alone should relieve the pressure to perform our works for anything but the glory of God alone.
Rest means to "be free from worry." One of the biggest joy stealers in our lives today is worry, but for a believer God has freed you and I from that.
Rest means to "be settled" and "secure." We are secure in Jesus's hand and our debt has been settled. We are secure in whom we have believed and settled that He is able.
Rest means "to lean on." I can't think of anything more secure than leaning on the One that created and sustains the world. That knows everything about me; yet still desires my relationship.
And the greatest rest of all comes from our faith in Jesus for our salvation. It is the ETERNAL REST!
Hebrews 4:3a "For we who have believed enter that rest"
As my show and tell today, is Psalms 62: it is another one of my resting places.
1 My soul finds rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from him.
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my hope comes from him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God*;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.
11 One thing God has spoken,
two things have I heard:
that you, O God, are strong,
12 and that you, O Lord, are loving.
Surely you will reward each person
according to what he has done.
This weekend take some time to rest in God's presence.
