Resting on Him

Claire (age 6) and Courtney(age 12)
September 2005
Heart Lake, High Peaks Region ADKS

My devotions on Friday morning centered around 2 Chronicles.  I basically just opened my Bible to that place....there was no book I was following or special reading chart.  I just simply opened my Bible and started reading where the Book opened.  I had just completed that section a few weeks back in my Chronological Bible but yesterday I was reading it from the New King James version/Women of Faith Devotional Bible.  Here is the portion of Scripture that jumped out at me:

"Lord, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power;  help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on You...."  2 Chronicles 14: 11b.

I actually  read the section that began in verse 9 and went until verse 15.  Basically, Asa the King of Judah, was doing good and right in the eyes of God.  Zerah the Ethiopian came against him in battle.  Asa cried out to God with the above plea  And with God's Power, the Ethiopians were overthrown.

I started meditating on the part "for we rest on You....".  We rest ON Him.  hm....what does this mean to me?

The Lord gave me a picture of when my youngest daughter was hiking along our town bike path with us one autumn Sunday afternoon when she was just 22 months old. Being only a toddler, she became tired quickly and reached up for Daddy's arms.  He swung her up onto his shoulders and off they trotted.  

And another picture came to mind.  We were hiking up Mt Jo  one Sunday morning of Labor Day weekend back in 2005.  We had done 2 days in the high peaks region, exploring a children's fantasy park, hiking the Wilmington wilderness trails and on this day, we decided to hike a short mountain summit.  Little did we know just how steep Mt Jo really was!  We made it up and back but once we reached Heart Lake at the bottom side trail, the girls needed to rest.  So....as you can see from the photo above, Dave plopped them on this tree branch...a perfect place for rest.  It held them up and it made for a great photo shoot!

Rest.  Resting on Him.  This is what we need to do when we are fraught with worry.  I have a job situation that I'm a little anxious about and have to wait all weekend before I'm able to make some phone calls and take some action. Of course my mind has started to worry.  And worry is something I do not want to do!  Because it is a sin.....the Bible tells us to not worry and  to place our trust and hope in Christ.  So.....by doing that, I am essentially resting on Him.  Resting on Him to move.  He is in control.  I don't know the outcome at this point so I can only wait. And rest.

He proves to us time and time again that He can be trusted...we can place all of our faith and hope in Him.....He might not answer all of our prayers in the same way, or in the way we think they should be answered.  Yet...we need to rest on Him.  It means letting Him take control!  Sometimes that is hard to do, isn't it?  Yet, by doing so, we will have Peace.  And peace is restful, is it not?

So, I don't have a huge tree branch to sit upon in my backyard this weekend.  I do have a deck chair to rest on and I think I'll picture my self resting on the Lord....placing that burden on His Shoulders because He can bear the weight of it.  Rest.......are you resting on Him??