Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria. (Amos 6:1 ESV)
Bad Rest
Rest usually seems like a good thing. Recently I have experienced and enjoyed short rests, long rests, deep rests, shallow rests, and temporary rests.
But those rests have never been enough.
Even after a good sleep, I sometimes yawn. Even after a relieving time of relaxation, my bones have ached. Even after a peaceful sunset with a cool breeze, the morning brings the curse of work.
Amos spoke condemning the rest that Judeans and Israelites depended on. He says that their ease, their peace, their rest was actually a woe.
Because they rested in the wrong way, in the wrong place, in the wrong Person.
There is only one worthy, reliable, complete, restorative, and eternal rest: the rest found in God through Jesus Christ.
We experience a taste of it, occasionally, now.
But the time is coming when we will REST.
Not because we’ve worked so hard, but because of God’s love.
Not because we deserve it, but because of God’s grace.
Not because of us, but because of God.
What a blessing HIS rest is!