Rest In GOD!

Rest In GOD!

 

“GOD does not want you to try harder. He wants you to trust Him deeper. Stop trying. Start Trusting. This will change everything in you!” from an jpeg image.

 

This is easier said than done! I have spent most of my life trying to please others more than myself. I spent several years trying to please myself (twice). I have spent the last 9 years trying just trying to make my wife happy and do GOD’s will. Yet I still struggle with being happy and satisfied. So how do I find that place of peace, joy and fulfillment? Not by the modern Church’s mystical faith where all my needs and wants are filled by my confession and generosity. Trust in GOD is not mystical but practical. It’s not an exercise but a rest. That is what we have lost in the Church today, how to rest in the assurance of who GOD is!

 

Today meditate on Psalm 25:

“By David: I lift my inner being to You, ADONAI; I trust You, my GOD!

Don’t let me be disgraced, don’t let my enemies gloat over me.

No one waiting for You will be disgraced; disgrace awaits those who break faith for no reason.

Make me know Your ways ADONAI, teach me Your paths.

Guide me in Your truth and teach me; for You are The GOD who saves me, my hope is in You all day long.

Remember Your compassion and grace, ADONAI; for these are ages old.

Don’t remember my youthful sins or transgressions; but remember me according to Your grace for the sake of Your goodness, ADONAI.

ADONAI is good and He is fair; this is why He teaches sinners the way [to live], leads the humble to do what is right and teaches the humble [to live] His way.

All ADONAI’s paths are grace and truth to those who keep His covenant and instructions.

For the sake of Your name, ADONAI, forgive my wickedness, great though it is.

Who is the person who fears ADONAI? He will teach him the way to choose.

He will remain prosperous and his descendents will inherit the land.

ADONAI relates intimately with those who fear Him; He makes them know His covenant.

My eyes are always directed towards ADONAI, for He will free my feet from the net.

Turn to me and show me Your favor; for I am alone and oppressed.

The troubles of my heart are growing and growing; bring me out of my distress.

See my affliction and suffering, and take all my sins away.

Consider my enemies, how many there are and how cruelly they hate me.

Protect me and rescue me; don’t let me be disgraced, for I take refuge in You.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me because my hope is in you.

GOD! Redeem Isra’el from all their troubles!”