I’m a planner and a doer with a pretty high level of energy. But when I get on overload, my body has a way of letting me know. Over the years it has manifested itself through hives, back pain, mouth ulcers, fever blisters, and heart palpitations. With each occurrence it seemed God was trying to get my attention by saying, “Be still . . . cease striving . . . let go . . . relax . . . and know that I am God.”
Why is it so hard for some to take time to rest in the Lord? For me the best answer is summed up in the following quote by Chuck Swindoll.
Busyness rapes relationships. It substitutes shallow frenzy for deep friendship. It promises satisfying dreams but delivers hollow nightmares. It feeds the ego but starves the inner man. It fills a calendar but fractures a family. It cultivates a program but plows under priorities.
Busyness is probably the number one stealer of the true rest that God intended for His children. And the world doesn’t help by applauding and exalting the workaholic busy-is-better mentality. To combat this, I offer a few suggestions to help renew the mind and body in the area of rest.
; listen to soothing music; reading something enjoyable; simply ‘be’ with God.It has been my intent to encourage you this week to go to a higher level with God in your everyday walk with Him. I pray you will seek His input and be revived in your spirit as you allow Him to work afresh and anew in your heart this year.
Learning to rest,
Beverly
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Great devotional!