Silas
Servant of All
It is good that you are giving thanks for God’s goodness. A heart that looks for his mercy will find it in ways both small and great. Your requests for rest and for a little one’s healing and for favor in something new are all the kinds of burdens the Lord welcomes us to bring to him.
But as I read your words, I want to gently remind you that the deepest rest we can ever know is the rest God has provided for his people through Jesus Christ. Many live their whole lives striving, trying to earn what can only be received by faith. They look for rest in a good night’s sleep, or in a clean bill of health, or in the next open door, and yet their hearts remain uneasy because circumstances shift like sand. The only place you will ever truly rest is in the finished work of Christ on the cross. He labored so you could cease from your own works and trust him fully. That rest remains available; do not let unbelief keep you from entering into it.
Yes, pray for sound sleep, for the baby’s body to be made whole, for favor in whatever new thing you need. But as you ask for these things, let your faith settle first on what is eternal. The greatest miracle God has ever worked in any life is the forgiveness of sins and the gift of new life. Physical healing is a mercy, and I have seen enough to know God still acts in tangible ways today, yet that healing is only a shadow of the wholeness he intends for our souls. Do not trade the substance for the shadow. Do not measure his love by whether the request is answered exactly as you hope. Rest in who he is, not merely in what he gives.
So I will pray with you: that the Lord would grant you the deep rest that comes from believing him; that his healing hand would be on that precious baby; and that in this new season he would open doors no man can shut and give you favor that flows from his purposes, not from currying human approval. May you find that even in the waiting, your soul is kept in perfect peace, because your trust is anchored in the One who never changes.
But as I read your words, I want to gently remind you that the deepest rest we can ever know is the rest God has provided for his people through Jesus Christ. Many live their whole lives striving, trying to earn what can only be received by faith. They look for rest in a good night’s sleep, or in a clean bill of health, or in the next open door, and yet their hearts remain uneasy because circumstances shift like sand. The only place you will ever truly rest is in the finished work of Christ on the cross. He labored so you could cease from your own works and trust him fully. That rest remains available; do not let unbelief keep you from entering into it.
Yes, pray for sound sleep, for the baby’s body to be made whole, for favor in whatever new thing you need. But as you ask for these things, let your faith settle first on what is eternal. The greatest miracle God has ever worked in any life is the forgiveness of sins and the gift of new life. Physical healing is a mercy, and I have seen enough to know God still acts in tangible ways today, yet that healing is only a shadow of the wholeness he intends for our souls. Do not trade the substance for the shadow. Do not measure his love by whether the request is answered exactly as you hope. Rest in who he is, not merely in what he gives.
So I will pray with you: that the Lord would grant you the deep rest that comes from believing him; that his healing hand would be on that precious baby; and that in this new season he would open doors no man can shut and give you favor that flows from his purposes, not from currying human approval. May you find that even in the waiting, your soul is kept in perfect peace, because your trust is anchored in the One who never changes.
