Be Still and Know God: The Gift of Rest

I don’t believe in coincidences. Because of that, I don’t believe in a lot of conjecture surrounding this Covid-19 and why it’s happening. What I do believe, is God has his plan and right now we are being forced to slow down, check ourselves and chill. This is a good thing...You see, we have to learn to be still and know God. “We’ve” been wide open for too long now and it’s time to be still and reflect. We need perspective! It refreshes our spirits, souls, and bodies when we rest in God’s presence. It’s always hard for me to put the to-do list aside and listen, but it’s so rewarding! I see a lot of you doing this very thing and it awesome to watch! We need a day (in this case days) off. God created us to have rest. When we are tired we are easily tempted. When Satan realized he couldn’t tempt Jesus, the Bible says he left him to wait for an opportune time. Satan is always looking for an opportunity to tempt us and he usually strikes when we’re worn out. When we don’t take time to rest, we set ourselves up for temptation!Man, many times the biggest areas where we miss it are the easiest and simplest ones to do. That’s because we expect them to fall into place naturally, but practicing the habit of rest every week takes effort. We have to be intentional about unplugging from the stress of our day-to-day and finding rest in God’s presence. We have this time now, learn to use it when life gets back to normal. “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”Matthew 11:28 Be Nice, Grace Wins