Yahweh has already given us His prescription for this problem though we often seem to overlook it. We spend our time quoting the verses like Galatians 6:9 “Don’t grow weary in well doing for at the proper time we will reap the harvest if we do not faint”. We know every verse concerning weariness and rest such as Isaiah 40:28-31 or Psalm 55:22 yet we fail to apply the ones that hold the key such as Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to Me all you who are heavy laden and I will give you rest”. How do we “Come to Him to receive that rest”?
John 15 addresses the issue of abiding or dwelling in Christ. Psalm 91 opens with “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High God, shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty”. This passage is not just for safety and protection, though it is most quoted when danger is looming, but it is also for rest. Abiding in His presence, His Word and His love offers us everything we need to live out our journey with Christ. We are to operate in His strength, (Philippians 2:13), the peace that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7) yet many of us spend a lot of energy moving in our own strength for a very long time costing us our peace. Weariness can be a great teacher if we allow it to show us a better way. If we don’t learn, weariness will cause many to quit altogether. When we abide, we hear the heartbeat of Yahweh, and we also receive ALL of Him including His rest.
We are called to this place of dwelling or abiding. Psalm 27:4 calls it the “one thing” we should desire…to dwell with Him and gaze upon His beauty. In doing this we “stay” in Him, hear what He says and release that in prayer, we do what He say so we don’t have to figure everything out for ourselves. Hebrews 12:2 tells us “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus the perfecter of our faith. For the joy set before Him He endured the cross scorning its shame and is now seated at the right hand of the Father in the heavenly place”. Marry this passage with Ephesians 2;6 “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly place in Christ Jesus”.
So, Christ is seated in the place of intercession and we are seated with Him. If we are weary, then quite possibly we got up from our seat and began to operate in our strength rather than relying on His strength, His love, His Word. #MyGodisYahweh