Solution for everyrhing is in rest

Philippians 3:1 :"I never get tired of writing the same things to you, and for you it is safe."

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Hebrews 4:10-11 :"For whoever enters God's rest also rests from his works, just as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same example of disobedience."

Strive to enter the rest. This effort does not produce sweat. The author of this thought simply wants to emphasize that entering rest is neither natural nor automatic for humans and requires particular attention, vigilance, an alert mind.

God's grace and provision for everything flow continuously and will continue to flow abundantly today. Thanks to the finished work of Jesus Christ, God is at peace with us forever. We are at peace with God and are called to remain in this peace throughout the day. We can receive grace continually, every second, simply by mentally aligning with the unchanging truth that it flows for us, ceaselessly and abundantly. This is called receiving the abundance of Grace. Those who continually receive, continually thank. This is all they can do, besides abundantly enjoying all that the Lord gives them.

Grace flows and nourishes us as long as we keep this truth firmly in our minds. This is what is called living fully by and through faith.

Hebrews 10:38 :"And my righteous one will live by faith; but if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

My righteous one will truly and fully live by faith.

Three troublemakers will try to take us out of this faith and therefore out of the experience of this peace, of the grace continually poured out for us. We enter and remain in rest by watching our thoughts because that’s where everything happens.

Mark 14:38 :"Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Watching comes first and is predominant. Prayer complements watching. Prayer simply consists of casting our burdens on the Lord as soon as our alert mind detects an obstacle that wants to make us forget our absolute security in Christ, which is ours.

The first troublemaker is worry, even the smallest. It will appear unexpectedly and try to unnecessarily occupy the space of our thoughts. If we let it settle in our heads, it creates an indefinable unease that imperceptibly takes us out of our tranquillity.

Isaiah 30:15 : "For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, 'In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.'"

Our strength lies in tranquillity. Worries are dead flies that infect the perfumer's oil by falling into it. A small fly seems harmless but is enough to spoil a valuable vase of perfume.

No worry will be tolerated today in the space of our thoughts. As soon as identified, it is presented to our God who never stops caring for us and will therefore take care of it. Then the worry will be evacuated and firmly kept out of our thoughts. The Holy Spirit helps us with this.

The second troublemaker is anxiety. Anxieties, always seemingly justified, try to invade and suffocate our thoughts to divert our gaze from God's grace, which is there, abundant and available to remedy everything. These anxieties deceive us and try to make us forget that the Good Shepherd never stops watching over us and rushing to our aid.

Allowing anxiety to lie to us and gradually invade our mind will also not be tolerated today. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want, and He leads me on safe paths where all legitimate needs are provided for. I will fear nothing because the Father knows I need them.

The third troublemaker, and not the least, is condemnation, the accusation that tirelessly points out the old skins of our former life, our dirty feet as the Lord Jesus calls them.

Condemnation wants to falsely make you forget who you are. And here is our powerful defensive weapon: Who am I?

I am what God says I am. The day I invited Christ as the Savior and Lord of my life, He came to reside in my spirit by His Holy Spirit. On that same day, I became forever, in the eyes of the Father, a very holy temple, a dwelling of God in spirit. This is what I am, according to the Word of God.

1 Corinthians 3:16 : "Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?"

And if the outer court of the temple is still frequently dirty and muddy, the temple remains holy because of the presence of the One who resides there.

What is not seen and what people would like us to forget is that God and I are at work every day for exterior cleaning because by opening my eyes a little more every day and strengthening me step by step, the Spirit of God transforms me from within until my outer life reflects the perfections of Christ, those He has already placed in me by His holy presence. The New Testament describes this state with the terms: mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, man made perfect in Christ, man complete and equipped for every good work. (Ephesians 4:13, Colossians 1:28, 2 Timothy 3:17)

John 13:10 : "Jesus said to him, 'The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.'"

The one who has bathed is clean, said Jesus, and only needs to wash his feet. That is my case. I was bathed the moment I understood and accepted that the Blood shed on the Cross was to make me pure in the eyes of the Father (1 Peter 1:18-19). I am pure and with the Master's help, I daily wash my feet. But in the meantime, throughout this path of transformation, in the eyes of the Father, I remain pure every day, every minute, and there is no more condemnation from God on me. NEVER.

Romans 8:1-2 : "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death."

I no longer allow any condemnation to assert the contrary of what God says about me. I no longer allow it to lie to me and take me out of the rest provided by forgiveness, total security, continuous protection, God's love, and His continual smile on my redeemed person. All things in which Jesus' Grace has definitively established me.

This mental position of faith, firmly maintained against all odds, is the open floodgate that lets the Grace of God continue to flow without interruption.

Let us strive to enter the rest by resisting the three troublemakers. Let us watch and pray to evict the intruder the moment it tries to enter the house: worry, anxiety, or condemnation. Let us watch our thoughts because that's where everything happens!

Galatians 2:20 : "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

I am in Christ. He is in me. We are one. This truth does not change by an inch, not a day, not a minute, not a second!

His presence in me, His immense and tireless love are the answer, the remedy, and the solution to every need, whether spiritual, psychological, emotional, intellectual, physical, material, or social. It is decided, with the help and support of the Holy Spirit, I rely on Him and enter and remain in the rest.

Philippians 4:6-7 :"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

The peace of God can guard my heart and my thoughts in Him who is my peace and my salvation.