Opening Prayer: Set our hearts at rest in your presence, O
God, that we might live in quietness and trust forever. May your righteousness offer us peace and
confidence, and enable us to abide with you in the secure dwellings you promise
for your people. Amen.
Scripture: Isaiah 32:16-18
Journal: What is the relationship between righteousness,
peace, and rest? Are those three things
part of your current inner reality? Why
do you say that? Can you rest in the
righteousness of Jesus?
Reflection:
I can never fully rest in Jesus if I am constantly
trying to fill my soul with the affirmation and admiration of others. It
will wear me down and wear me out. Rest only comes when I am not dancing
for others anymore, not jockeying for position in their hearts and
minds. Rest only comes when, by God's grace and power, the chains are
broken that bind me to the care of what others think and say, and I
am able to fully attach myself (my value and my worth) to him, and him
alone. Only then can I truly rest. And only then can I truly love.
Prayers
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus, it is not what I do that gives me
rest, but who you are. Help me to always
remember that. It is your righteousness
that gives me peace. It is your
righteousness that offers me quietness and trust. It is your righteousness that offers me
rest. Thank you! Amen.
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