Hey Y’all! So as I was trying to think of what my next blog post would be, I think God revealed it to me very clearly. The title above has been pounding on me for the past few weeks.
Lately, I’ve found myself so down, and you never know if I’m going to have a breakdown in the next five minutes. I’ve given into the ways of this world, and the culture has tried to take hold of me. I’ve been looking to other things for acceptance whether it’s my friends, my dance skills, my grades, or even if it’s just pleasing others. The devil has tempted me, and I have fallen short of the glory of God. I’ve been guilty of my pride, my selfishness, my anger, and my neediness to take control.
I’ve lost all concentration on Jesus getting all the praise, and I’ve tried to get all the praise for everything I do. This is what sin is. Sin tries to snatch us from who we really are, then we can only feel broken. We are a broken people in a broken world. I’ve been convicted of feeling so broken, lost, and alone, over and over again. But thankfully, we aren’t just broken. We are all broken vessels, and Jesus uses the most broken people in ways to further his kingdom.
Think of Paul. Paul was a murderer, a hater, and rejected Jesus in every way, shape, and form. He was broken from the top his head, to the end of his toes, and he was used as a vessel to proclaim the name of Jesus throughout the whole world. You see, through all of our messiness, we are a beautiful, broken, piece, in the midst of God’s puzzle. So through all of our brokenness, we can rest in Jesus’s simple, unfailing love.
A few weeks ago, I was simply just having a bad day. So many things happened that day that I just felt weary and broken. I was unable to rest in the grace that was offered to me, and I was so guilty of looking upon myself to feel content. I got in my bed that night, and as I started to pray, I could only get one word out before I busted into tears. That night, as I cried out to my God because I was lost and lonely, he answered me in the way that a merciful father would answer. The Holy Spirit entered in and he softly whispered these words into my ear,”Rest in me.” As I continued to cry that night, the Holy Spirit just kept repeating those words and giving me a peace that I wasn’t expecting. As he was speaking to me, I closed my eyes, and images started forming in my head. I got an image of Jesus in heaven rocking me to sleep. He kept rocking me back and forth, and he just kept saying,”Rest in me.” As my Heavenly Father was rocking me to sleep, the tears stopped, and I physically was rocking back and forth as I drifted off to sleep. That night of brokenness suddenly turned into a beautiful picture of the gospel.
Jesus conquered all of our sin, so we can rest in him. Always remember that he made everything perfect, he gave us full access to him, and he is our merciful father that sings over us. This is the significance of his love. We are made whole through the grace that he gives us. We are his adopted children and by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, he will forever be able to rock us back and forth to sleep. Let us rest in his promises, and trust in his goodness, because the simplicity of his love is so overpowering. We are woven into his beautiful picture that he created, and he calls us to REST IN HIM.
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