5d • General discussion
Rest in him
Rest has almost become a foreign concept in our world. Yet the Father longs to be in relationship with us. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, we were brought back into a direct, intimate relationship with Him. And relationship always involves a give and a take — a sharing, a listening, a responding.
Most of us are good at speaking to God. We pour out our worries, our needs, our questions. But we often forget the other side of the relationship: making space for Him to speak.
If we truly desire to know God, we have to create room for Him. Scripture shows us that stillness isn’t simply an inner calm; it is a deliberate action. We are commanded:
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.” Psalm 37:7.
Stillness is a choice — the decision to cease striving. Becoming present requires moments where we stop, reset, and realign our focus to what actually matters.
How do we become present and still?
By doing what 2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us: taking every thought captive and making it obedient to Christ. This is the practice of laying down every distraction and every racing thought so our hearts can settle.
Jesus invites us into this rest.
“Come to me… and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28.
Rest is trust. It is letting go of everything else for a moment and simply sitting with Him.
Psalm 46:10 whispers the same invitation:
“Be still and know that I am God.”
In a world that insists we must keep moving, keep producing, keep entertaining ourselves — or we’ll fall behind — the Kingdom offers something radically different. Can we choose to sit, to wait, to listen, to know?
Sometimes in the silence, there is simply silence — and there is nothing wrong with that.
Other times, in that same silence, you will hear His voice: calling, guiding, directing.
Stillness is the doorway.
Rest is the place where we learn to recognise Him.
And relationship grows in the quiet we choose to make.
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