Day 172 - rest.

Day 172
Rest.
I’m not talking about the long lie in or the lazy Sunday afternoon rest – do nothing, read the paper, enjoy the couch - I’m talking about something deeper.
Hebrews 4 talks about entering into God’s rest.
I’m needing/wanting to experience that afresh.
God’s rest is Christ.
To rest is to experience Christ.
It’s that kind of rest that my soul really needs.
It’s a rest that reminds you everything you are and have is sourced in Him.

Why we need rest is because we get too busy working. We would seldom if ever say it, but truth be told, we work as a means of our salvation.
It’s not that we aren’t trusting Jesus for our salvation …it’s just that we prefer to make sure of it ourselves.
Subtle.
Into the core of our being comes this need to work – and it robs us of the rest that is Christ. It robs us of what Christ’s salvation is.

Rest.

Yancey put it this way “there’s nothing you can do to make God love you more; there's nothing you can do to make God love you less.”

I cannot get my brain around that.

Maybe if I rest …then I’ll get it.
Maybe if I get it, I'll rest.