The Lord says to His people at the moment:
"Be at rest and do not worry, no matter what challenges or issues you may be facing at the moment. I am a God who is never late to come to your help, if you look to Me. I am a God who knows how to make all things work for good to those who love Me and who are called according to My purpose."
One evidence of being at rest in Him is you cease worrying.
In Matthew 6:25-27, Jesus says, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?"
In Matthew 6:28-33, Jesus says further, "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."
What are the worries in your life at the moment? Let go all these worries to the Lord. There's nothing too hard for Him. With man, your situation may seem impossible to solve, but to Him, nothing is impossible. After all, He is the Creator of all the earth, the moon, the stars, the sun, and the whole galaxy, and He is still in control. He is a God who is never late to come to your help, and even if you have made a mistake in life, He will cause all things to work together for good to those who love Him (Romans 8:28).
Hebrews 4:9-11 (NKJV) says, 'There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest...'
There are two words in Greek for 'rest' here. In 'There remains therefore a rest for the people of God', the word 'rest' here is 'sabbatismos' (from the word 'Sabbath') meaning 'rest, a type of heaven'. Indeed, to have this 'rest' ('sabbatismos') is to be in Him who is heavenly. In the heavenly realm, there is no violence, trouble, or 'unpeace'.
And because He is the Lord of Sabbath (Matthew 12:8), if you are in Him, you are in His rest too. Remember the Bible passage about Jesus in the boat when there was a storm and the waves were beating the boat? When He awoke from His sleep, He said to the wind and the waves, "Peace, be still!", and even the wind and the waves obeyed Him (Mark 4:35-41).
The other word for 'rest' here is 'katapausis' in Greek, meaning 'rest, cease, settle down'. This is where the English word 'pause' comes from. To 'katapausis' is to cease, and this includes to cease from worrying. To 'katapausis' is also to 'settle down' (or 'be at rest'), because there's no problem, challenges, or issues in life that cannot be solved or 'settled', when you are in Him.
Even when you need to make an important decision in a new time and season, do not worry. Keep walking with Him and trusting in Him. When the time comes to make such decision, He will show you the way or what decision to make. Sometimes He would give the answer only at the very last minute or at the eleventh hour. Why? He is training you to put your trust in Him and look to Him all the way. Wait on the Lord till the answer comes. The answer will surely come. I know waiting is never easy, but waiting is just as important as doing. The Bible says, '...through faith and patience, you will inherit His promises' (Hebrews 6:12). You see, not only faith, but also patience.
The devil will always try to shake you out of your rest in the Lord. Sometimes the devil would even use people to cause you to be shaken out of your rest in the Lord. One easy way to lose your rest is when you start worrying. The devil would always try to put you in the place of worry, because when you worry, you lose your peace, your joy, and your rest.
In John 10:10, Jesus says, "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." You see, the devil (depicted as 'thief' here) would do whatever in order to steal, kill and destroy you, and that includes your peace, your joy, and your rest.
But when you know you are in the Lord (in His 'sabbatismos' and in His 'katapausis'), the devil cannot touch you. And whatever 'storms' or 'waves' that come against you in life will never be able to 'drown' you. Amen!
