Snapshot: His Rest

"This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: 'In returning and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it'". Isaiah 30:15

This verse had been brought to my memory about a week ago now. It took a couple days and some events for the Lord to show me how exactly this verse applied to Me. God is so faithful, and He was preparing me for future events by bringing this promise to remembrance.

I need to rest in the validation God gives, and not in anything else. Other people do not have the power to justify or condemn. We cannot care about the thoughts of other people so much if it distracts us from God's feelings towards us. The world and it's systems are by default against God's word and His children. Conviction is His job, as is vengeance. Jesus even said we are blessed when men persecute us and speak evil of us. Our job is to turn the other cheek, withdraw from fruitless debating and return to Him. That's were we are aware of our salvation!

Our strength needs to be in the joy of the Lord. And the joy of the Lord is in "quietness and trust", not debating and arguing. The Lord was telling me this verse as a way to prepare me to turn the other cheek. It takes the Holy Spirit to become unoffendable, but praise God that in Him we can succeed. Trusting the words of men leads to deception, or, at best,someone's disappointment, but trusting in the Lord brings strength that does not fade away.