Psalm 91:1 “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”
God doesn’t want me to merely seek his shelter every now and then. He wants me to dwell there under his protective shelter all of the time. How can I do this? Certainly I must stay close to him through prayer, studying Scripture, and accountability with other disciples. I must fill my mind with his truth, go to him for wisdom and guidance, obey him, and trust him (91:2). And if I live in God’s shelter, he promises that I will find rest there. I will be out of the blazing heat and under the cool, refreshing shadow that he provides.
Father, thank you for your promise of safety and rest. As the psalmist relates, the world is filled with traps, diseases, terrors, disasters, evils, plagues – all forms of danger large and small. Yet I don’t have to live in fear because you invite me into your presence to live under your care and protection always. Please fill me with your Spirit this week as I go to work. And, in the midst of it, let me find rest in you.
Hello everyone. After taking six weeks away from this blog (including an amazing trip to Israel), I’ve returned with plans to post once/week instead of the daily pace of last year. Since 2019’s posts focused on work, I’m starting 2020 with a focus on rest. God created work by commanding human beings to “fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion” over everything he created (Genesis 1:28). But in a way that seems strange to our modern, technically-advanced society, he also designed us for rest. God set the example himself: “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” (Genesis 2:1-3).
This is both fascinating and troublesome. What does it mean that God rested? And what does it mean that rest is part of God’s design, i.e., it is not an option for me as a human? In fact, God takes rest so seriously that it made his top ten commands.
As we explore this topic to start 2020, I encourage you to go beyond passive reading of this blog to digging into the Scriptures yourself, writing down your observations in a journal, and praying about what you’re learning (see Good/Better/Best). Make it a daily habit. You’ll never regret spending your early mornings this way because, by knowing and living God’s Word, you will be transformed.
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Thank you,
Steve Marosi
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