Are there issues which have caused heaviness, anxiety, or restlessness in your heart recently?
I praise God that He not only forgives us from past sins, but He also has an answer for our restless souls! We can’t live this life for any length of time and not need a healing and restoration of our souls. Our minds, emotions, and will are continually bombarded by worldliness, sin, and temptations, and they are in need of being renewed and refreshed. The Lord has an answer for our anxiety and restlessness.
I am reminded of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet. In those days, people wore sandals and walked in dirt paths. When they entered their homes, there was a need to wash their feet before they could sit down and relax. In a similar way, our souls are exposed to all kinds of toxic situations, imageries, and noise, and we are in need of being cleansed and refreshed on a regular basis.
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7
God’s truth has a refreshing and restorative power in our lives. His word washes us from all the build up of dirt and smog that covers the soul. I had a friend who grew up in a very rough and painful circumstance. She would use Bible on tape during nighttime and listen to it for hours while she was asleep. She was allowing the word of God to wash her mind, imagination, and dreams even when she was not totally aware.
Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Psalm 62:1
It is easy to get stressed by all the expectation of the culture and get caught up with what everyone is doing if we are not watchful. The world system is designed to keep us driven to do more in order to feel complete and whole. There is no rest in this system! Our soul can be in anguish from various pressures: “Am I making enough money?” , “Are my kids involved in enough extra-curricular activities?”, “Should I get more education?”, “Do I need to be more involved?”, “Is my home too small?”, and the list goes on. Sometimes, the church culture can even create some unbiblical pressures in people’s lives. When we recognize that we are not capable or required to keep up with everyone else, our process of restoration begins!
When we have flu, the first thing the doctor asks us to do is to rest and drink a lot of liquid. In the same manner, our souls need to rest in God in order to get healed. Through His word, He helps us to get rid of toxicity in our souls, and we learn to rest in Him. He gives us clarity concerning our priorities and what should be important to us.
Rest in God removes a lot of issues such as anxiety, fear, worry, anger, restlessness, and so on. He is the source of our salvation, and He knows what we need for our future. The Lord can show us what we should be working on today in order to prepare for tomorrow. We can’t do it all, and we were never intended to. The more we rest in God, the less we will second guess ourselves about our choices and priorities!
Are there issues which have caused heaviness or restlessness in your heart recently? Take some time today to get in the Word of God and rest in Him. Let Him wash you through His word and allow His presence to comfort you and give you rest. When you soul is refreshed and renewed, you will see things differently!