You can rest while you are in the mess

Deb Peacock

There is a lot going on right now and perhaps you feel inundated with all the things. Things coming from all different directions and it just won’t let up. God says for you today, you can be at rest while you’re in the mess.

DENIAL AND ESCAPE

This is not giving up in hopelessness or denying the mess is there. Sometimes we see people doing nothing when there is a lot going on around them but we know they are zoning out, denying the reality and just distracting themselves. That isn’t the restorative rest that you need.

REST IS TRUST

True rest looks like being fully aware and fully present in it and trusting God is taking care of you and care of it.

DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES

Often in life we are waiting for everything to get sorted out so we can have a rest but the reality is that rarely is everything sorted out. Something challenging comes along before the prior thing is sorted out. There is always something.

DESPITE CIRCUMSTANCES

So instead of waiting for things to be sorted to rest, we can rest in the waiting. There is a deep trust we can have in God that he is working it out and that he is present in the midst of it all. This means instead of resting because things are all sorted out, so resting in good circumstances, we can go into resting in God despite circumstances.

REST IN THE MESS

Isn’t it wonderful that we can rest now in the Lord amidst the mess? So if you need a rest right now, you can have it. God is here to take care of things, take care of you and he is at work. So you can trust him to be acting in accordance with who he is and you can rest in him right now.

Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

God didn’t say rest when it is sorted out, he said rest when you need it - when you are weary and burdened. You can have rest today.

Rest in the mess, Blessings