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Rest

Some of us aren’t resting because we don’t realize that the Sabbath isn’t a day; it’s a person. The Sabbath is Jesus. He’s your rest. Learn to rest in His work on your behalf. Jesus’ work was perfect because He rested the entire time He worked during His earthly life. He rested in what the Father said about Him.

Jesus never did any work to be accepted. Jesus did all His work because He was accepted. He wants you to enter that rest by affirming that the Father loves you in Jesus Christ, who died for the forgiveness of your sins, including all the ways you have lived without rest and have gone to the wrong places to find rest. Jesus died so that you could rest in His work on your behalf, knowing the Father says over you in Jesus, “This is My beloved child, with whom I am pleased.”

Jesus has accomplished more for your life and soul than you could ever strategize, plan, or labor for. Take a moment to rest in that truth.

The deepest need of every human heart is to be at rest with God. The rest we long for has been given to us through the restorative power of the gospel. God has raised you to new life in Jesus and has seated you at his right hand (see Eph. 2:1-10). You are now and forever alive with Christ. Therefore, Jesus has become your rest (see Heb. 4:9-10). Psalm 126 can be your prayer and your song because your soul is at rest with God.