"For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: You will be delivered by returning and resting; your strength will lie in quiet confidence. But you are not willing." -Isaiah 30:15
God says this immediately after rebuking the Israelite people for turning to Egypt for deliverance from Assyria rather than having faith in God's protection. This is a powerful and moving verse, but one phrase stands out to me in particular: You will be delivered by returning and resting. We are designed to rest. God lays that out throughout scripture, yet I overlook that concept more often than not. We are meant to return to God and rest-spiritually, physically, and emotionally. If we try to fight our own battles and develop our own strategies, we fail. God, though, promises rest if we trust in Him and live by our faith. Help us, Lord, to remember to return to you and rest.
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