{"id":112120,"date":"2023-09-07T16:47:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discovergrace.com\/?p=112120"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:51:05","slug":"how-to-find-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovergrace.com\/how-to-find-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]<script src=\"https:\/\/static.elfsight.com\/platform\/platform.js\" data-use-service-core defer><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"elfsight-app-f18ffd56-eb16-4994-808f-b17790565917\"><\/div>\n<p><b>He <\/b><b><i>makes<\/i><\/b><b> me lie down (Psalm 23:2).<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psalm 23 tells us that God leads us, and feeds us, and restores us with the cool, still waters of His Spirit. He comforts and crowns us with his goodness and mercy. And, there, right in the middle of this lavish love song, we also see a shocking part of His Fatherly care: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forced rest.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is the Good Shepherd, and He <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">makes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> us lie down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have tasted this kind of God-rest, and I have seen that it is good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my 20s, I became deathly ill and lay in a coma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He made me lie down.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within two months of planting the church, with all of its consuming fear and doubt, I gave birth to a son who needed me to stop, to love, and to linger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He made me lie down.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, I fell headlong into burnout and depression, and could no longer work or think.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He made me lie down.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In each of these times, God spoke to me in soul frequencies that the static of pride and busyness had drowned out long ago. From a distance, these pastures looked like gray, rocky deserts, but they grew lush and green with His goodness \u2014 once I surrendered and lay down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t know how to rest, and, despite all of these dramatic personal lessons, I\u2019m still learning. We\u2019ve seen quite clearly that our world doesn\u2019t know how to rest either. In 2020, the planet literally closed, and instead of asking God why He might want us to pause \u2014 to rest \u2014 to repent \u2014 our hearts schemed to get away from the silence of our own insignificance. God <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> us lie down, and instead of leaning in and listening, we pulled away and powered up. We clawed and scraped to control our narratives, our politics, our space, and our time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We tried to figure everything out instead of believing \u2014 resting \u2014 in the peace that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He already has.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re exhausted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>So, how do we learn to rest?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rest is one of the best ways to say \u201cI love you, God,\u201d because it says \u201cI trust You, God.\u201d It\u2019s a physical and spiritual admission that He\u2019s worthy of being in control, and we are not. And like learning anything else, resting takes intention and practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two kinds of rest, too, and both are good gifts from God that He longs for you to enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s start with the easier one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to practice external rest.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">External rest is the rest of circumstances \u2014 of your physical space and time. God gave us sleep, and God gave us the Sabbath. He also gave you life, with all its free beauty and abundance. God intends for you to enjoy His world and the good things that He put in it. He made it just for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few tips on practicing external rest:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Make rest regular. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sabbath \u2014 a weekly day of rest \u2014 has been a part of God\u2019s plan since the very beginning. There\u2019s a reason for this: in the same way we can endure a hard week because we know our vacation is scheduled soon, or we can get through a challenging day of work with the thought of PJs, popcorn, and our favorite show on the couch tonight, God wants us to know that a space for our soul to breathe is on the horizon. Schedule weekly downtime, and keep the appointment with yourself. Can\u2019t start with a whole day? Start with a half day, or an afternoon, or an hour, and grow from there.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Don\u2019t settle for the scroll.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A huge reason we aren\u2019t finding rest is that we\u2019re stopping before we make it all the way there. We\u2019re settling for the first distraction (or first hundred of them) that scrolls by. In fact, what we think of as rest these days \u2014 TV, TikTok, Twitter \u2014 often just makes us more rest<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">less<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Distraction is default, but rest always comes after a deliberate choice: \u201cI will not do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I will do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instead.\u201d Don\u2019t stop short of your goal. Practice being intentional.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Use all your senses.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There\u2019s a reason you love grabbing that cup of coffee or other special treat \u2014 it makes you stop for a minute and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feel something, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with its warmth, taste, and scent. Rest always comes more quickly when you activate your senses. So don\u2019t just read a book \u2014 light a candle and turn on some music, too. Don\u2019t just go for a walk \u2014 pick some flowers, smell the air, marvel at the sky. Stop and taste your food, feel the grass, breathe in your clean laundry, wrap up in your favorite blanket. Real things help you rest.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Plan tiny joys.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spend time figuring out what you really love to do \u2014 what matters to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Make a list of ten small things that fill up your unique, handmade soul. Schedule a few of them as often as you can, and keep the list at the ready for any moment where you\u2019re settling for social media, or wondering \u201cwhat should I do now?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, for the harder kind of rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to practice internal rest.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internal rest is the rest of the soul, and it takes a lifetime to nurture and grow. Unlike external rest, it doesn\u2019t depend on circumstances. You can carry it with you into all kinds of situations, especially in those seasons when space is hard to come by.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some ways to start learning internal rest:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Paint a new picture of God. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The God of Psalm 23 \u2014 the Shepherd \u2014 is a compassionate place to land. Nothing will rest your soul more than knowing God\u2019s face toward you is full of kindness, not condemnation. Read the gospels, and know who Jesus is for yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Be ok with you. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God has scheduled an entire lifetime on His calendar for you to be conformed into the image of Christ and to complete the work He\u2019s asked of you.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s in no hurry, and the soul energy you waste on shame for not being <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">better<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">different<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is all you. That\u2019s not Jesus, and that\u2019s not His Spirit, and it&#8217;s why you\u2019re so weary \u2014 it\u2019s killing you. Choose to live free. Rest in where He has you today. And go ahead and show up, flaws and all \u2014 Christ has built enough beauty in you to come as you are.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Focus only on what you can do.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Instead of striving and straining to solve \u201call the things,\u201d and running out of willpower and adrenaline in tears or collapse, learn to come to the end of yourself more quickly \u2014 and in a much healthier way. Try this during the next problem you face: put your hand on your heart, and talk to yourself out loud:\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ve done all you can do, (your name), and you have a good God who loves you. He\u2019ll take it from here.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Listen to wise voices.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There is healing power in a grace-centered community, where you can find wisdom from people who have been where you are, who can see your situation more clearly from the outside, and who can point you to Jesus and His ways. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gcfl.churchcenter.com\/registrations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find a class or a group,<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">soak your heart in scripture,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ask for someone to help you, or press into a promising friendship. If you really want to dig through the reasons behind your unrest, talk to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discovergrace.com\/grace-counseling-orlando\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">professional Christian counselor.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You\u2019ll find no deeper rest than in the truth about God and about yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The cost of not learning to rest.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your mind and your body were made to find rest, and they\u2019ll keep looking for it, and settling for any imitation of it. And then, instead of what happens in Psalm 23 after we lie down \u2014 instead of being led by God \u201cin paths of righteousness for His name\u2019s sake\u201d \u2014 you\u2019ll forge your own thorny, exhausting trails of unrighteousness in your own name, choosing the shallow breaths of control, sin, addiction, or wasted time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find one small way to practice rest today. Tell God you trust Him to handle your life, and take even a short intentional, deliberate, life-giving break. You\u2019ll be exercising your rest \u201cmuscle,\u201d restoring your soul, and strengthening your knowledge of who God is, who you are, and how much He loves you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn to make it all the way to rest, and then, surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life, and you will dwell in the house of the Lord. 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