I’ve been continuing my word study of the Fruit of the Spirit and hit a little detour today. As I search through the Bible for words like; joy, love, hope, kindness, self-control, I’ve been finding a lot of the word, “rest”. They seem to go hand-in-hand quite often.
So today, I took a tangent to study the word “rest” and came across something I just had to share. I don’t have much time because my four year old is in the tub and I need to go to the store soon, ’cause you know my life doesn’t offer a lot of times for rest. (God is too funny!)
Here is the scripture which stuck out to me:
“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.” Matthew 11:29
True rest comes from taking on only the burdens God intends us to bear and relying upon Jesus to be rest for our souls. Hummmmm…. Once again I’m struck with the simplicity of this and how much I’ve tried to rest over the years. I spent two years contemplating what it meant to rest and ended up writing a retreat about how to rest. Yet somehow, the simplicity of resting IN the Lord escaped me once more.
He is truly gentle and humble and when we find ourselves IN HIM, we find rest which bathes our souls in the warmth of His love and massages our hearts with the strength of His mercy.
I want to find that kind of vacation on Kayak! Sign me up!