REST AND PEACE!!

Dear friend, are you getting boggled down because of the intensity of chaos and confusion that prevail around you? Are your situations taking your peace away from you and giving you insomnia? But there is no need for you to suffer such restlessness because your Lord has promised you rest and peace in His presence. In order for you to experience this peace and rest, you need to spend more and more time in the Lord’s presence and ask that you may be filled with His peace and rest. Abraham experienced this peace and rest even when he was a childless ‘father of many nations’ and lived by faith to earn that title. David experienced such peace and rest as the anointed king of Israel even when he was running for life. Joseph had such a rest while in the pit and the dungeon. Daniel found such peace and rest even in the lion’s den. When the brook of Cherith dried and the ravens stopped coming with lunch and dinner, Elijah found reasons for rest and peace in the presence of God. Apostle Peter had such a rest and peaceful sleep the night before his expected execution. Apostle Paul kept his ministry of writing about the peace of God when he was in a dungeon in Rome. They sought peace and rest and the Lord gave it to them. If we so desire and ask the Lord, He will give us rest and peace in His presence no matter what our situation is or who is fighting us. Our Lord will guard our hearts and minds from anxiety and anguish even in the worst scenarios of life. As we rest, our Lord works out victory for us in our situations. Today He is challenging us to take Him at His Word and trust Him to fulfill His promise of rest and peace no matter how complicated our situations are. Let us today draw from His well of peace and drink to our brim and rest at His green pastures and cool waters.

Exodus 33:14 – The Lord replied, “My presence will go with you and I will give you rest.”

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