Soul Healing RestSample

Soul Healing

Spiritual healing results when God sets your pace. Imagine you are standing on a hill by yourself. A stream trickles beside you while birds chirp happily above you. The sun beats down on your face while a gentle breeze blows by. Everything looks calm and quiet—but your mind is racing through a list of tasks you’ve left undone, problems you can’t solve, and brokenness you can’t fix. Although you are in a tranquil place, the sound of your own thoughts keeps you from enjoying what’s happening around you.

In the stillness of this moment, what would it take for you to pause, silence the noise, and be still? Through stillness, we learn to pay attention to what God is doing in us and around us. But stillness is both active and passive. It involves allowing God to refocus our vision and tune our ears to His voice while we give Him the noise inside us. It requires surrendering our worries, concerns, and problems to God while allowing Him to refocus our hearts on Him. God’s silence may be preceding an assignment, so consider how you’re building your faith, trust, and character in the quiet.

As we practice this spiritual habit, we become more equipped to give God glory for His power at work in our lives. We start to notice God is working in our lives. But how do you put this type of rest into action? My suggestion is to give God every concern you have, whatever comes to mind. Give yourself permission to have some quiet moments with God. It’s okay if you must do this repeatedly for a while. Just use the time to silence all the noise inside your head and get into the habit of making room to hear God’s voice. His calming assurance will not only give you peace but welcomed rest.

You can never fully rest in Jesus if you are constantly trying to fill your soul’s void with a busy schedule, affirmations, or admiration from others. Seeking the approval of man will wear you down and wear you out. Rest only comes when, by God’s grace and power, the binding worldly chains are cut and the concerns about what others think and say are broken off of you. Then you are fully able to wholeheartedly attach your value to God alone. Only then will the gift of rest lead you to holy stillness.