A good rest!

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.” 1 Thessalonians 5v5-7 (KJV)

I thank God for the gift of sleep. Sleeping helps us to reenergize ourselves, to rest, and sometimes when things seem bad or confusing, after a good rest, it seems to be better. We thank God because He gives His beloved sleep. David said – “I laid me down and slept, I awaked; because the LORD sustained me” (Psalm 3v4, KJV).  But a lot of people today are not able to sleep well, or get good rest; and this is for many reasons. Sometimes there are many cares, worries, concerns, that are keeping them awake or health conditions. But David was a man who saw a loooooot of trouble, yet He recognized that God was in charge. 1 Thessalonians 4v11 speaks of making it one’s ambition to live a quiet life. Quietness we saw means a place of rest and security in God. Worrying is not going to solve the matter. Psalm 127v3 (KJV) saying “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so He giveth His beloved sleep.” Are you a child of God? This promise is for you. Take it all to Him in prayer and let His peace guard your heart and mind (Philippians 4v6-7). Enjoy and bask in His rest.

But there is a category of people (the wicked) to whom rest in not promised. Isaiah 57v20-21 (KJV) says “But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” While there are different characteristics of the wicked – being proud, persecuting the poor, boastful, one thing we see in Psalm 10v4 (KJV) is “The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.” Are you a wicked person? Have you been living life as though there was no God, not caring what He thought or thinks, likes or dislikes? You need to make peace with God. Because He is real, He is alive, and His Son Jesus is coming back for His people. To enjoy peace on earth, and enjoy life everlasting you need to make peace with God.

Prayer

Father, we thank You because You give Your beloved sleep. We pray that we would learn to put our complete trust in You, rest in You and enjoy the sleep You give Your children. For those who have been wicked, we ask for mercy today (you can speak to Him to forgive you, accept you, and that you want to have (or renew) your relationship with Him through Jesus Christ).