I’ve been having a little trouble sleeping lately. Not a big
deal, but I can’t seem to sleep through the night without waking up, sometimes
for an hour or so. I’m not upset or
overly thinking about anything, just wide awake. I am ready to sleep all night again! With a music app on my phone I have been known
to turn it to praise and worship, put it under my pillow and listen. Doesn’t take long for me to be back
asleep. Soft, soothing music is good for
my spirit and helps me slip back into dream land.
Rest is imperative for the human body. Without comfortable
solid sleep, the day ahead can get weary. We may find ourselves grumpy or even
find our joints and back sore. Wrestling with the bed to get settled in just
right is tiring. Being too hot or too
cold will also cause discomfort and wakefulness. There are a lot of outside
elements that make or break good sleep.
Rest makes for clearer thinking, better outlooks and more stamina to
make it through the day. I remember my mother
telling me, when my kiddos were babes and sometimes didn’t sleep good, “If a
mother can get a good night’s sleep, she can handle pretty much anything during
the day.” So, so true.
Believers need rest too. Faith rest is absolutely important
for the spirit of a believer. If you fret and worry and carry the burdens of
the previous day, you’ll find yourself oh so tired. If you go to bed with baggage, either yours
or what others put on you, and you don’t lay it aside you will stay fatigued. With spiritual fatigue comes physical
fatigue. Weariness of heart makes for a weary mind which makes for a weary
body. Unless a child of God learns how
to rest, they’ll be perpetually tired. They won’t be able to handle the day’s
events – upsets, sorrows, discouragement, and more. It will just snowball and
you’ll find yourself wakeful, fretful and tired.
Oh beloved, are you need to rest? Are you handle all your problems alone? Run
to the Lord, who wants to take your burdens, who wants to give you the rest you
so need, who wants to bless you with comfort and peace! Seek His Word and see –
He promises to give rest to you. He
promises to take your burdens and carry them. He promises give you every answer
to every problem, so that you don’t have to wrestle with them! Beloved, you do
not have to carry everyone’s problems either. Just carry them to the Lord in
prayer and rest in the promise of His answer as well!
God loves you and He’s always with you, working things out
for you and those you love, so you can rest! Resting in His promises is your
birthright and His delight. And that’s all that really matters.
Psalm 91:1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Isaiah 30:15a This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One
of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength.…”
Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you. Let Me teach you,
because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Psalm 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for You alone,
O Lord, will keep me safe.
Psalm 62:5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes
from Him. (NIV)
Exodus 33:14 And He said, “My presence
shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”
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