After a slurry of holidays and travels and days off, today is a day to relax. When I say relax, I don’t mean wander around the house in my pajamas thinking about what yummy food I can cook up or snack on all day. Today’s day to relax means resting in the Lord.
Bring your mind back to Me for refreshment and renewal.
Staring at this image, I can’t help but feel small. I see a tiny person, wrapped in the warmth of the sun, being humbled.
Imagine the hard work this person endured to get to the to this view. I bet they are exhausted. I’m exhausted thinking about the amount of time they had to put into preparing, let alone the actual trek! Yet there they stand, likely, feeling accomplished, humbled, and closer to God. Realizing just then, how small they were and how big He is.
What Does It Mean to Rest in the Lord?
As I sit and meditate in the Lord’s word I instantly feel relief. I tend to find myself caught up in planning and knowing what’s next that I can overwhelm myself with a lot of nothing. When I spend time in prayer or simply reflecting on all God has done for me and my family, all of the sacrifices He made before I was even around, it’s incredible. I am immediately grateful for the smaller things in my life and I am reminded that God is so much bigger than my day to day stresses.
Look to the Lord and his strength, seek his face always.
Psalm 105:4
When I am close to Him, I am happy.
Take a couple minutes to rest in Him. He will bring you to a place of calmness and tranquility. Resting in God has increased my desire to seek Him. Sometimes when I look back, it seems like an endless circle of hide and seek. But then I realize, He isn’t hiding from me. I am the one hiding from Him. When I am close to Him, I am happy. That’s all I need to remember.
