{"id":4305,"date":"2024-04-10T12:24:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/?p=4305"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:24:31","slug":"resting-in-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wow\/word_of_the_week_post\/resting-in-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Resting In God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201dFor we who have believed do enter that rest\u2026\u201d Hebrews 4:3<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family schedules, work demands, tightening budgets, marriage issues, meal planning and grocery shopping, issues with the kids at school, car repairs, shocking things we hear on the news – we could go on\u2026 but, the point is, many are simply trying to live. However, we end up chasing life, primarily because we have more questions<\/em> than answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do have options though; the Bible says that God is a \u201c\u2026very present help in trouble\u201d<\/em> (Psalm 46:1). We only have to do one thing He asks of us. We need to turn to Him. Jesus said, \u201c<\/em>Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.<\/em> <\/em>For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.\u201d <\/em>Mt. 11:28-30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have all read that before. We have all heard it 100 times. But – have we done it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus knows exactly what you\u2019re going through, and He also feels it!  But unless we come to Him<\/em>, no matter how much He wants to help us, we tie His hands when we insist on doing things our way. The condition to this amazing promise has never changed. Jesus said that we are to come to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God doesn\u2019t force His will on us, or make things happen the way He wants to. The New Covenant is entered into by willing entities \u2013 those entities are you and Jesus. He willingly laid aside His life for us, and if we do the same He is more than able to give us that refreshing rest that He promised to give us.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The REST<\/em> Jesus spoke of is a word that means to pause, cease, desist, or refrain from\u2026 it\u2019s the   Greek word, anapauo<\/em>, which means to relax, rest and refresh. The root word is pauo,<\/em> from which we get the word pause<\/em>. So, if we study the invitation Jesus was giving us here, we\u2019ll find that He is telling us to make a concerted decision to cease and desist from being driven; refrain from a life that keeps us chasing our tails, and believe and receive His rest and enjoy the life He promised us. Jesus has a Rest<\/em> to give us, but, we need to enter into that rest by coming to Him, and believing Him. Our part is to heed<\/em> what He said and believe<\/em> it by doing it. He knows everything we need, and He is a genius at managing the things we commit to Him. So, if we pursue anything in this life, let\u2019s pursue Him! Let\u2019s believe Him and come to Him with a whole heart! As it says above, \u201cWe who have believed do enter into that Rest!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Love,
Pastor Tom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201dFor we who have believed do enter that rest\u2026\u201d Hebrews 4:3 Family schedules, work demands, tightening budgets, marriage issues, meal planning and grocery shopping, issues with the kids at school, car repairs, shocking things we hear on the news – we could go on\u2026 but, the point is, many are simply trying to live. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-word_of_the_week_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}