Rest

I don't know about you, but I don't rest very well. As a child of God, I'm really trying to learn how. Being anxious, in the end, is the equivalent of not trusting Him. And it's just ridiculously exhausting. And it steals the joy out of my life, which is the whole reason why I began this blog. So today I'm posting some verses that remind me to rest because God wants me to.

"By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work" (Genesis 2:2).

"The Lord replied, 'My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest'" (Exodus 33:14).

"'Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest'" (Exodus 34:21).

"I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure..." (Psalm 16:7-9).

"Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken" (Psalm 62:5-6)

"Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you" (Psalm 116:7).

"This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: 'In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it'" (Isaiah 30:15).

"'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light'" (Matthew 11:28-30).

"This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything" (1 John 3:19-20).

"The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).