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Friday, May 22, 2009

Soul Rest

Read Psalm 62:1-2, 5-8 - My soul is secure in Christ alone and cannot be shaken!

Read Luke 6:46-49 - The foundation of my life is laid upon the Rock! He is what keeps me safe when storms beat against me in life. I dig down deep into the Word of God and as I put into practice what He shows me He gives me stability and strength. My hope is in His promises and not in my life circumstances because I know there is a life beyond this short one that is eternal.

But some would say they don't trust there is a God because their lives are messed up! Jesus never promised easy street! He promised us to be our strength and stability WHEN the storms of life beat against us! He promised we would face tough times on earth, but that we could find rest in Him because He has overcome the world and everything it has to throw at us (Jn. 16:33). He promised that all men would hate us because of Him, but as we stand firm in our faith through the persecution we will find Him to be faithful and true (Mk. 13:13). Nowhere in His Word do we find a promise of easy street, but that as we go through tough times on earth He will be with us, protect us, and will see us through troubles not out of them (Jn. 17:15).

My soul finds rest in the Lord! I put my hope in His promises! I believe in Him and I belong to Him! And because I know He is eternally faithful and sees me through His perfect love I can also know I am eternally secure, cannot be shaken, nor can anyone or anything snatch me out of His hands (Jn. 10:26-30). He has a two-fisted grip on me and will not let me go!

So many people in our world are uneasy in life! They live feeling they are missing something, that there has to be more to life than what they are experiencing, and they go through life unsatisfied and uneasy. The only way to find rest in life is to find the soul rest David writes about in Psalm 62:1-8. David was not writing from easy street - he was writing from the midst of a difficult time. Yet his soul was at rest in the promises of his loving and faithful God.

Soul rest comes from knowing you have salvation in Christ and you have an eternal home in heaven regardless what happens to your body on earth. Soul rest comes from knowing - believing and belonging to - the Way, the Truth, and the Life - Jesus Christ - the Only Way to the Father (John 14:6).

Because of my Savior and my Rock, Jesus Christ, upon who I am building my foundation, I am secure and cannot be shaken!

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