if you've been struggling with life's stickier issues want to grow in your
relationship with God and become everything you were created to be then
you are in the right place my name is Kris Reece and if this sounds like
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how to rest in the Lord without feeling lazy
as many of you know I'd love to help you overcome life's obstacles trust God more
deeply and live the abundant life and a lot of what I talk about comes not only
from my education but also from my personal experience I've been through
the wilderness and it's amazing to be out but I frequently go back into the
wilderness so that can help you come through - but today's topic is a little
different I'm still in the wilderness on this one and I'm hoping that we can walk
it together. I want to talk about resting in the Lord
specifically how to do it without feeling lazy. there are two ways in which
we rest in the Lord physically and emotionally and when you
think of rest you likely think of sleeping vacations and lazy Sundays but
it's so much more than that. do you remember what you did when you
were a kid and you had a problem- did you go back to your room to figure it all
out stress over every possible scenario and work every angle of course not you
likely took the problem to your parents or guardians and went back outside to
play not giving it another thought. well that's what God wants us to do to even
Jesus in Matthew 18:3 said truly I tell you unless you change and become like
little children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven
yikes that makes it pretty clear that trying to have everything all figured
out all the time is misguided for the majority of my life I believed that rest
was for sissies. boy was I wrong I was confusing rest with laziness
now I've since learned that resting is what you do when you need to recover or
prepare laziness on the other hand is when you are unwilling and unmotivated
to do any kind of work. I was not lazy not by a long shot.
but that didn't stop me from believing the lies I believed that if I put the
project down and spent time with my family
I was being lazy. I believed that if I didn't ponder all the possible solutions
to my problems then I was being lazy. I honestly believe that if I didn't keep
going someone would surpass me and all the work that I did would be for nothing
what a lie. are you believing lies - resting in the Lord is more than just
getting a little extra shut-eye its cultivating a confident assurance
that everything will work out according to his sovereign will. I know you desire
to follow him but maybe your life is being turned upside down right now and
you keep thinking there has to be something that he wants me to do.
God can't possibly expect me to just rest Can he?
yes God really does want to take care of every aspect of your life. so what's
gonna happen if you don't rest in the Lord? there are three consequences of
ignoring God's rest the first nothing will change anyway at least not for the
better well do you like wasting time and energy
I know I don't I've learned that no doors open until God is ready so no
amount of your fruitless attempts are going to change that. number two your
not be on God it will be in yourself resting in Him takes faith so why not
enjoy a double blessing of growing in your faith while resting in him. doubly
sweet isn't it. number three you will continue to carry your burden that you
supposed to be resting and I don't I feel this terrible guilt
look I know guilt doesn't come from God and if you're feeling guilty it's not
going to go away anytime soon because the enemy of your soul is trying to make
matters worse by having you think on one hand that you're sinning against God
but on the other hand that you have control over your situation all it takes
to move forward is to put your trust in him
of course God doesn't want you to just sit on your tush all day he wants and
needs you to do your part but that's it. your part. not his. God can be trusted he
knows the end from the beginning and he wants what's best for you will you
choose today to lay down your burdens and say God I rest in you well that's
all the time that we have for today but we're not quite finished with this topic
because I don't know about you but I'm not out of the wilderness yet on this
one so I want to invite you to join me in the next few weeks as we talk more
about how to rest in the Lord without feeling lazy specifically the two
important things that you need to remember when it comes to resting in the
Lord. this message is not only going to help you to learn how to rest in him but
also to put things into proper perspective and the five hindrances to
rest both physically and spiritually well I want to pray with you father in
the name of Jesus it is you who give us rest
it is you who brings us the assurance that we can rest in you lord I ask that
you would help us to step out of our busy mentality and step into that sweet
sweet place of peace and rest in you lord I pray for that one watching who is
just struggling in turmoil in their minds right now I ask that your peace
would wash over them right now in Jesus name
bring a come to their soul that they have never experienced before Lord we
thank you that we can just rest mightily in your presence in Jesus name we pray
and if you agree with me say Amen amen well before you go I want to invite
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continue to grow in the faith and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ but until next time remember nothing is impossible with God