Rest

Not to make light of those who suffer with legitimate things that cause nightly restlessness, but Mister Bill has suffered many years with RBN - Restless Beverly Nights.The beautiful invitations of Psalm 95 to acknowledge and worship Jehovah God are followed by some real and serious consequences for those who choose to do otherwise. “It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known My ways … they should not enter into My rest.” (Psalm 95:10-11). To err is to wander, to go astray, to stagger – we get that! We err in our heart s because the heart is deceitful and desperately sick (Jeremiah 17:9). The heart left unattended is much the same as trusting the ocean’s current will guide you to the shore – uh, don't count on it! The Father longs to give rest to the soul, for each to know genuine peace and rest. Moses' powerful prayer of Psalm 90 begins, "Lord, Thou hast been our Dwelling Place in all generations." (Psalm 90:1). How wonderful the soul's perfect and right dwelling place isn't a place at all -- it's a Person, and that Person is God through His Son, Jesus Christ. Rest is a Person! Nightly restlessness can be caused by many things but rest for the soul is found only in The God of All Rest: “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you Rest.” (Matthew 11:28). Is your heart restless, your spirit a'drift? Be still and know - know the God of All Rest. Rest …