People understand the importance of water, but they have yet to comprehend the significance that proper rest plays in our lives. Like water, until there is none, rest is something that we all take for granted. One, who suffers from difficulty falling to sleep or those who wake earlier than desired, can appreciate the value of rest.
Whether from stress, anxiety, or a mental health imbalance, poor sleeping habits can cause a deficit in rational thought. Lack of rest is comparative to when the body has a shortage of a required substance such as a vitamin or mineral. Disease occurs when the body is in need of a vital nutrient over an extensive period of time. This disturbs bodily functions ranging from immunity, mind stability, to blood pressure.
Being out of God’s will can result in us having no rest, or no resting place. HE allows us to have an anxious mind, tired eyes, cravings, and a depressed spirit. (Deuteronomy 28:65)
When God is present in our lives, He gives us rest. Disease of the body is like an enemy of the world, and God gives us rest from them all. Through prayer, God’s rest will diminish anxiety, reduce blood pressure, and improve our immune health. Time that we dedicate to reading God’s Word is a rest from the things of this world. HIS Word brings us health and healing, that we may enjoy abundant peace and security. (Jeremiah 33:6)
As fully restored beings in Christ, we are brought back to our previous condition, position, or original brilliance. Working for HIS Kingdom is like HIM bringing us back into use, giving us something that had been lost or stolen; restored. The more deficient we have become, whether being neglected, or by neglecting ourselves, God carefully restores us.
In (Exodus 4:7) Moses’ hand was restored after he took it from his cloak. (Job 22:23) instructs; removing wickedness from our home, HE will restore us, thereby returning us unto HIM. (Job 33:25) tells us that we are renewed as a child who has been restored as in the days of our youth. The Lord will look upon our misery and restore to us HIS covenant blessing instead of HIS curse.” (2 Samuel 16:12)
Find rest in God, through HIS Word and be restored. Because running from the devil only causes loss of rest while increasing the distance from God, your solution. The weary and burdened should go to God, stop taking rest for granted and be restored.
Exodus 33:14
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14 “The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” ”
Deuteronomy 12:10
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10 “But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.”
Deuteronomy 28:65
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65 “Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.”
Jeremiah 33:6
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6 “ “‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.”
Exodus 4:7
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7 “ “Now put it back into your cloak,” he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.”
Job 22:23
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23 “If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent”
Job 33:25
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25 “let their flesh be renewed like a child’s; let them be restored as in the days of their youth’—”
2 Samuel 16:12
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12 “It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.” ”
Matthew 11:28
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28 “ “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”