We are kept up night wondering who will be next hit, or will the next round affect us and when will it be over? News reports keep shifting, making the quarantine time longer and longer as the cases and death tolls rise across the nation. It’s robbing us of rest, quiet and peace as we try to process.
Taking better care of ourselves, with a better sense of hygiene has been encouraged, yet we are left with wringing our hands. As Believers, what can we do? I don’t nearly have the answers, but raising our hands in defeat or trying to run from it just won’t work.
We have to be willing, like young David, to stand up against this giant, even if all we have are a few small stones. We have to believe our God is Mighty and we will get through this. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy. Some giants dig their heels in, and keep twisting and turning, refusing to fall! We then, must be prepared spiritually to face the demon!
One way for fighting this battle is all about rest and that sounds a mite silly given the fierceness of this fiend, but burn out and exhaustion will weaken the best of us, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and finally even physically. There seems no margin left to rest, even though that’s just what we need. It’s difficult to balance, yet we need to come to the battle with God’s provision, and that includes readiness with rest!
With all the goings on about this virus, and closings of different kinds, we are left with little to do. It’s a great time to pull up a chair, or sit on a comfy sofa and just rest, yet the idea of a ‘forced rest’ makes us antsy and desiring the freedom of doing all that we were!
When God created, he worked for six days and took one for rest. Now when you think of God, does it even seem logical that he would need rest? For me, since he is God, why would he? I repeat, He’s God! He can do anything, anywhere, anytime! Why would he need rest? Yet he did and he tells us to follow suit!
We are told to use this amazing gift of rest to rebalance, nourish and nurture our spirit. It’s in this mindset we can recalibrate our thoughts, our hearts and our bodies. It’s the whole idea of self-care! As confusing as that sounds, the better our mind and spirit, the better our overall health!
I encourage you to keep believing that in some way, God will have the victory. I have no idea what that might entail since He’s so much more creative than I! He did after all create the universe and the humans with which he wants a relationship. It’s a great time to nurture that as well. God is good---all the time! Draw close, pull from His strength and know that ultimately, He is still in control.
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