Rest Bible Verses - Free Download
He is faithful and true. His voice is a gentle whisper that I need to remind myself to listen for and be refreshed. Often. Free REST verses pdf download!
God is my Honor - Psalm 62
In reading Psalm 62, it occurred to me that the hurry and hustle can be a response to our wanting honor. We want the esteem of others around us. But verse 7 says God is my honor.
He Refreshes my Soul - Psalm 23
I’m trying to take being called a sheep as an invitation, an invitation to turn the thinking over to Christ. The Lord IS my shepherd.
Location is Superfluous - We encounter God in the ordinary
If my current need is to rest, then I just need an encounter with Him. Encounter God in ordinary, where He shows up every time.
Gifts for the Senses
I want to be deliberate in the choice I have, the choice of either ignoring the people and the world around us or embracing the moment, savoring it.
Savoring His Creation
He savors the time with us, just as He savored the walk in the garden with Adam and Eve. He made us to savor things too. To savor relationships, to appreciate His creation, to enjoy the taste of coffee (or whatever your drink is!).
Savoring each Moment
I guess it is a ‘stop and smell the roses’ kind of thing. Stop and pay attention to what is going on around us. Savor moments that God created, savor moments with him. Savoring, slowing down, gives us rest in Jesus Christ.
Break the Hurry Habit
The gentle whisper of the Lord can only be heard when we have taken the time to be still and rest in His presence.
Urgent or Important, God First
There was little hurry in everyday life of the Bible. Somehow, we have made hurry the way to do things all the time. God orders our day: him first… and all else falls into place.
At the End of my Rope: Find Rest in Him
When we are empty of ourselves, then Jesus can fill us up. At the end of our rope, there we find Jesus.
Doing things well
That I must relinquish my hurry and choose to set aside my hurry to pick up God’s priority of doing things well.
Gift of Rest(oration)
We all know the creation story: light, sky, land with vegetation, sun and stars, sea and air animals, land animals and man, rest. God could have stopped at day 6, said it was good, and then continued on with the rest of the story. But he chose to rest. We all need rest.