Finding True Rest

Are you weary or burdened? Are you longing for rest and peace? Be encouraged my dear friends because you can in fact have rest and peace! You can have rest for your soul and true peace in your inner being! God alone can give you true rest and inner peace. Matthew 11:28-30 says “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (NIV) As we read in Matthew, God wants us to come to Him as we are, and when we do so He will give us rest. 1 Peter 5:7 says “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (NIV) God cares for you! God wants you to come to Him, just as you are, in this very moment and He will give you rest! God knows each and every one of us, even better than we know ourselves, because He created us! God created your inmost being and He knows every bit of you even better than you know yourself! God knows everything about you and He loves you perfectly as you are. Not only does God love every bit of your inner being perfectly just as you are but He also loves you with an everlasting love! God’s love for you will never end! Only God can carry your burdens for you and give you true rest, rest for your soul!

1 John 3:19-24 tells us that “This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. (NIV) As we read in 1 John 3, God commands us to believe in the name of His Son, Jesus. No one is perfect and we all sin. (Romans 3:23) Our sin separates us from God and our sin leads to death. (Isaiah 59:2, Romans 6:23) John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV) Jesus Christ died on the cross to save us from our sins, He was buried and then He rose to life again conquering sin and death for all of eternity! (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) We cannot earn salvation and it is impossible for us to save ourselves. Salvation for our soul is only found in Jesus. (Acts 4:12) God has blessed us with His free gift of salvation in His Son, Jesus, and we are to receive this free gift from God by faith. God has blessed us with His free gift of salvation in His Son, Jesus, who died on the cross to save us from our sins and reconcile us to God by the shedding of His blood. God’s free gift of salvation in Jesus is to be received by faith. (Romans 3:25) Romans 10:9 says that “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (NIV) When we come to understand and admit that we are sinners and believe in our hearts that Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins and that He rose to life again, then we can invite Jesus into our hearts and our lives as our personal Lord and Savior and receive eternal life in Him. Romans 10:10-11 says “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” (NIV) If you have come to understand and admit that you are a sinner and if you believe in your heart that Jesus died on the cross to save you from your sins and that He rose to life again, then you can invite Jesus into your heart and your life as your personal Lord and Savor and receive eternal life in Him. You can pray a prayer like this:

Dear Heavenly Father,

I know that I am a sinner and that I need Jesus to save me. I believe that Jesus died on the cross to save me from my sins and that He rose to life again. God I am sorry for my sin. I invite Jesus into my heart and my life as my personal Lord and Savior. I commit my life to you.

In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

If you have prayed a prayer like this and accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, then in Jesus you have been forgiven for all of your past, present and future sins for all of eternity and you have received eternal life in Him! You have been forgiven for each and every single one of your sins for all of eternity in your Savior Jesus who loves you and gave Himself for you! In Jesus, none of your sins will ever be counted against you! Jesus paid the full price for you and you have been set free from sin and death for all of eternity in Him because He conquered sin and death for you! It is finished! It is done! Jesus has set you free and, in Him, you have not a thing to fear for all of eternity because fear has to do with punishment (1 John 4:18) and, in Jesus, you have escaped punishment for your sins! You have been eternally redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus who paid the full price for you on the cross! Praise God for His perfect endless grace! Praise God for this blessed eternal life to which He has called you in your Savior, Jesus!

God is in control of all things and God always works all things out for the good of His children! (Romans 8:28) As a child of God, who believes in Jesus, it is no longer you who lives but it is Jesus who lives in you! (Galatians 2:20) You have died to sin and death in your Savior, Jesus, who loves you and gave Himself for you, and now you are alive to God in Jesus! (Romans 6:11) Jesus lives in your inner being and He is your life! (Colossians 3:4) Listen to that, Jesus lives in your inner being! You have not a thing to fear and you can rest assured knowing that God will always work all things out for your good! God knows exactly what you need in each and every moment of your life and He will always bless you with exactly what you need in each moment of your life! This is not your home! You are looking forward to an eternal future in Heaven with your Savior Jesus! Do not fret or worry about a thing! You have been set free in your Savior, Jesus! God is in control of all things and He is working everything out for your good! You have nothing and no one to fear for you have been blessed with eternal life in your Savior, Jesus, and He is living in your inner being! No one can succeed against our God, the very God who has blessed you with your salvation in His Son, Jesus, who loves you and gave Himself for you!

Rest in Jesus! Jesus is living in your inner being, as your personal Lord and Savior, and you have peace with God through Jesus and His blood that was shed for you! You have been set free from sin and death for all of entirety in your Savior, Jesus! You get to freely go before the Lord your God knowing that each and every one of your sins past, present and future have been forgiven for all of eternity in your Savior, Jesus! Humbly go before the Lord your God and relinquish your burdens to Him! God is in control and He is working everything out for your good! God is always blessing you perfectly in each and every moment of your life with exactly what you need according to His prefect will! Let go of all that burdens you! You have nothing to fear and you have the guarantee of a blessed future in your Savior, Jesus! Do not hold on to your sins or the guilt of your sins! Jesus has set you free from sin and death for all of eternity and sin is no longer your master! (Romans 6:14) All of your sins have been eternally forgiven so let it go! Let go of the guilt and shame of your sin! We do have a sinful nature and we do sin, but we have been blessed with God’s free gift of eternal salvation in our Savior, Jesus, who gave Himself for us to set us free from sin and death! When we do sin, we must humbly go before the Lord our God and confess our sins to Him asking God to forgive us our sins, also praising God that, in Jesus, we are in fact eternally forgiven for all of our sins! Praise God that none of your past, present or future sins will ever be counted against you in your Savior, Jesus! Ask God to search you and rid you of any offensive way and everything that is not glorifying to Him. As Psalm 119:133 says “Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. (NIV) We must ask God to make us faithful in living a life that glorifies Him and we must always remember that God is faithful and He will do it! For it is God who works in us to do His will and live a life that glorifies Him! (Philippians 2:13) Remember, to always believe that you have what you are asking for in prayer and it will be yours! (Mark 11:24) Let go of all that burdens you and give it to God! Jesus set you free and you are no longer burdened in any way! Do not continue to think or act as someone who is burdened by sin and the ways of the world because, in Jesus, you have been eternally set free from it all and you are guaranteed a blessed future every step of the way in Him! Even struggles in our lives are blessings in our lives through which God shapes us even further in to the child of God that He has created us to be! God blesses us with struggles in our lives to teach us, to strengthen us and to better prepare us for this blessed eternal life to which we have been called in our Savior, Jesus! Struggles are not struggles at all but rather perfect blessings from God designed specifically for you and your sanctification! Remember, God always works everything out for your good and He will always bless you perfectly with exactly what you need in each moment of your life according to His perfect will! Let go and give it all to God! Keep your eyes and your heart fixed on Jesus the author and perfecter of your faith! (Hebrews 12:2) Commit yourself to God and continue to do good! (1 Peter 4:19) Enjoy each and every moment of this blessed eternal life to which you have been called in your Savior, Jesus! Enjoy the true eternal rest that you have entered by the blood of your Savior, Jesus, who loves you and gave Himself for you!

If you have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, then I implore you, do not delay! God has brought you here and He is working in your heart and in your life in this very moment! God wants you to come to Him, just as you are, no matter what your past or present may look like, and He is always right there with you loving you perfectly every step of the way! Only God can carry your burdens for you and give you true rest! Relinquish all that burdens you and commit your heart and your life to God! Acts 3:19 says “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, (NIV) No one is perfect yet God loves us perfectly, just as we are, with an everlasting love even though it is God alone who we sin against! Open your heart to God and let go of everything! Commit your heart and your life to God and experience the best in life and true life itself! Do not wait any longer! Accept God’s free gift of salvation in Jesus who loves you and gave Himself for you and enter true rest that is only found in Jesus! Enter eternal rest for your soul in Jesus!