Rest in the Lord

“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him.” Psalms 37:7
Thought: Are you tired of waiting in prayer for a long time and seeing nothing move? Are you just at the point of giving it all up? Perhaps you have not waited in the right way? This would take you out of the right place the place where He can meet you. To rest in the Lord is to be silent in the Lord. Be still and think not hard thoughts of God, because He permits you to suffer. Murmur not against the Lord, because He does not deliver you at once out of your distresses. We are not Christians if we do not rest in Him, for the very first mark of a believer is that he rests in Christ for everything. Wait signifies to be strong, firm and stable and to wait upon God in prayer with faith and patience. To wait for the Lord is to wait for His promised help, and to hope in Him for deliverance out of all our troubles. His purpose in waiting is to bring more glory out of it all. There are many who may wait, but they do not wait patiently upon God. They soon lose heart and lose expectation. They think that everything is against them, because in the little space that they can cover, and the little vision that they possess, they cannot discern that for which they wait. It is more difficult to bear suffering patiently than to serve and to do duty patiently. It is more easy to bear a heavy affliction, if it be short, than to bear a long affliction, though it be light. In the first case the stroke may stun us, but we may speedily recover and gain new strength and fresh hope. In the other case, the long, weary, exhausting affliction seems to wear out all elasticity, all strength, and all hope in the soul. Hope in God makes not ashamed. His help will come, if we wait; His help will be sufficient when it does come.Warning: Restlessness disturbs and destroys the health of both mind and body. Resting in the Lord is the secret of the highest life, the truest strength and the richest blessedness.Promise of the day: “Those that wait upon the LORD shall inherit the earth.” Psalms 37:9

Jonathone Rajib, wrote-Senior Pastor, POTTERS HOUSE in Bangladesh