Learning to rest in the Lord
Key Passage: Psalm 37:3-7
Date: June 7, 2024
I’m telling Brother Adam. I’m just sitting down there. I noticed the theme of the songs tonight was resting, trusting in the Lord. That’s the message tonight. It’s always neat to see the Lord work on those details and work them out. Psalm 37, if you would please tonight. And let me remind you, remind myself to pray: Brother Darrell has surgery on Wednesday. He was here this morning. That was a blessing. Pray for him. Tuesday morning, Brother Brian was here. His 30-year-old son passed last Friday, about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, actually. Pray for them. We’ll have a graveside service. They’ll be there Tuesday morning, 11 o’clock, Maple View. Pray for that. God just comfort him and his family especially. He needs your prayers. Can you imagine a 30-year-old son? And so pray for him, if you would please, in a good, strong way about that. Psalm 37. The title tonight simply is Learning to Rest in the Lord. Learning to rest in the Lord. We’re going to start here.
We go a lot of different places in the Bible. Hebrews 3, chapter 4, talks much about rest in the Lord. But I’m just going to try to keep it simple, to the point tonight, about resting in the Lord. We’re going to start over here in Psalm 37. Would you please stand if you’re able to show the word of God respect? I appreciate those watching online. And if you would, wherever you are, your living room or bedroom.
You got your brother Joel Wednesday night, you know, he texted back or emailed back. He said, “I’m making popcorn for tonight,” you know. So make sure he got your popcorn, everything, whatever it is. No getting up. All right, we’re going now. Let’s just try to get something from the Lord and from His word tonight. Psalm 37. And we’re going to start verse number three here. Psalm 37 and verse number three: “Trust in the Lord.”
I think it’s just a wonderful little picture here of growth in the Lord. Growth starts with trusting the Lord. It’s how you get saved, trusting in the Lord. “Trust in the Lord and do good.” That can be baptism, getting in church, reading your Bible. That’s just growing in the Lord. “So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.” You know those people that get saved and begin to grow, begin to do good—there’s a joy, there’s a rest, there’s a peace there.
Then verse number four: “Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” We’ve talked about this many times in the past. It doesn’t mean God gives you whatever you desire. You know, you desire, “Man, I desire that Corvette.” That doesn’t mean God’s going to give me that Corvette. It means I delight in Him, and He gives me the very desires I have. He changes my heart. I begin to desire different things.
I try not to use people that you would know, unless they’re in heaven. But Brother Duane’s in heaven. I remember years ago, Brother Duane Dauphin came to church. He was already saved but had been out of church for years. He got in church and began just really delighting in the Lord, just selling out for the Lord. And it was amazing to watch God change his desires. He was pretty high up at the Lee Company, ended up being over several different sections of that company, pretty well off. But his desire—it wasn’t about that. His desire changed. He wanted to see souls saved. He was our youth director, one of our first deacons. And it’s just about the Lord and His kingdom. Now, God bless the other, but you just see his desires change. And that’s what he was talking about. You delight in the Lord; He’ll give you the very desires of your heart. You grow in the Lord; He changes the core of you.
Verse number five: “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him.” Watch this. Trust also in Him. He changes your desires. I want to be used by God. I want to make a personal impact in eternity by the Lord. But you’re going to have to commit that way unto the Lord. You’re not going to be able to make that happen on your own. Then there are going to be times you trust also in Him—times of testing, times of trials, times your heart gets broken. Times when you think, well, God’s given me a vision, a dream to do something for Him, but it just seems like it’s never going to happen. And you have to trust also in Him. That’s part of the journey. “And He shall bring it to pass.” What’s the “it”? The desires He gave you. You don’t make it happen on your own. We don’t do God’s work; He makes it happen. “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” He gives you the desire and He makes it happen. That’s key. Don’t look too much at the work; look to Him. He’s the one that makes work prosper. And He shall bring it to pass. I’m going back, sorry, verse number five. “And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.” There are great, great promises in verse number six. Here’s what we’ll get to: verse number seven. “Rest in the Lord, wait patiently for him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.” Don’t get too worried about that; just rest. Rest in the Lord. Wait—how should you wait? Wait patiently. Just for a bit, resting in the Lord.
Would you pray that God would help us all wherever you are, here or online? Would you pray the Lord to help us all rest in Him better when it’s all done tonight? Would you pray with me? Father, Lord, I cannot give them what I would like to, but You can, Lord. I preach it would. Lord, give us a faith, a confidence, a peace that we can rest in You. Lord, would You enable us more to rest in You, Lord, because of tonight? Father, please, we’ll thank You for what You do, Lord, because we ask in the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Thank you so much for standing. You may be seated.
I was just a boy, maybe eight, nine years old. I actually don’t know how old I was. Somewhere along that line, God began to convict my heart about salvation. I had made a decision when I was very, very young, but I doubted it. I wasn’t sure of it, didn’t know. And just at that time, God’s conviction began to come on me, just as a boy. I remember just fretting about if I was going to heaven or hell. I remember laying in my bed at nighttime thinking, just a boy, but God, the Holy Spirit was working on me, just thinking, if I were not to wake up and I’d be in eternity, would I wake up screaming in pain in hell, or would I wake up in heaven? While I was just being convicted, the Holy Spirit was working on me, drawing me, and I remember going through that time, just trying to figure this thing: Am I going to heaven or hell? Am I saved or not? I battled that thing for a while. I had no rest.
I mentioned it often. I don’t know if it was a Sunday night or Wednesday night. I don’t know what the preacher preached. But I remember driving home that night. Of course, I wasn’t driving; I was eight or nine. Amen, you know. I mean, it would be pretty good for me to be driving home at eight or nine years old. But anyway, I was in the backseat of the car right behind my dad on that side, you know, the back seat. My brother and sister were there, and I don’t even know if my little brother wasn’t even born quite yet. And I was back there.
And I knew that—I’ve been taught, praise the Lord, I’ve been raised in church. I knew the verse, Romans 10:13: “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” How was the backseat of that car looking out the window? I’ve said this many times, the bad part of it all—the bad part of all—the mile marker that we were passing by at this moment was the Anheuser-Busch plant. What a shame, you know, that’s what we’re passing by. I take it to the place—I haven’t been inside there, okay, don’t think that. But we were passing by. I was looking out that window over there, and I was praying something like this: “Now, Lord, You said if I call, You’ll save me. And right now, Lord, I’m calling. I don’t know that I said these exact words, but it’s a little bit along this line: If You don’t save me, it’s all Your fault, because I’m calling.”
And it was just my little boy way of putting my belief, my faith in Jesus Christ. Well, I’ll be honest with you, man, just something happened inside my heart. I had rest. Well, I did what God said. It was my way of believing on Him, fully on Him. And You said, “If I call, You’ll save,” and I was calling Him. The Lord said, “All right, Paul. I truly believe you’re trusting in Me and you’re showing about your calling, and I accept that.” I remember I went to bed that night—maybe we were along there just at that time. I don’t remember the specifics, but I remember that time period. I just had peace. I had a rest about me. I could rest in the Lord.
Now, the devil, of course, he’s good at casting doubt on us, and he would come along after that, try to get me back in the frame of mind where there was no rest. And it’s a good thing I didn’t know the verse. You can look over in Revelation chapter number 12. A good verse about this, Revelation chapter number 12. It’s talking about a different battle with the devil, but it is talking about battling with the devil. And the formula here, I think, contains a very important part for someone that can just rest in the Lord Jesus Christ for their salvation. Revelation 12, look at verse number 11. Revelation 12, verse number 11: “They overcame him”—that’s the devil—“by the blood of the Lamb,” that’s Jesus’ shed blood, of course, “and by the word of their testimony.” By the way, that’s why it’s so good when someone can give their—they can give a word of their testimony. By the way, I don’t know the date that I got saved, but I can tell you about it. But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death. And that sometimes is part of the formula, that last part there. But it was such a blessing when the devil, after that moment, would come and put doubt back in my heart and my mind: “Paul, are you going to heaven? Are you saved or not? You’re going to hell?” I could go back, and I said, “No, devil. I remember in the backseat of that car. I know as clear as today. I knew what I was doing. I called on Jesus.” And just me giving the word of the testimony, I’d overcome the devil. And the doubts would be gone, and I could rest in the Lord.
By the way, that’s very important that people have that word of their testimony. So vital. We have a man that is coming on Sunday mornings, and another time, sometime. And I wanted to get assurance so bad. I wanted to have that rest in the Lord of salvation. And so vital. But part of that is having a word of your testimony. By the way, you ought to have—you might not remember the date, you might not remember the time—but you ought to have in your mind a time and a place when you called on Jesus, you put your faith. And you need a time and a place. And I never forget, in one of these years of Foundations class, we had a couple—they’re at the center church now—and they were going through it, and we’d teach on that. You needed a time and a place when you were saved, you know. And you could kind of tell, well, he was getting convicted. He wasn’t sure of his salvation or not. And so they wanted to meet. We met in the office, I don’t know, one day of the week, I think it was. And we went through the plan of salvation. Just somehow we got to that, and God got us there, and we got on our knees. He’s a bigger fellow—most of you figured out who it is, you know, a big old fellow. And at first when he started coming, I don’t know about you, but I’d stand beside him, man, I just felt small. Anybody out there like that? You don’t know what I’m talking about. You had a big old fellow. And you get to know him, you’ll love him. He’s a great man. But I’ll never forget. We got on our knees in my office, and he prayed and asked Jesus Christ to be his Savior. And the first thing he said when I got up off my knees—the first thing he said—he said, “I got a time and a place! I got a time and a place!”
Now, what was he saying? “Now I can have assurance because I have a word of my testimony. I can overcome the devil, and I can have that rest.” There’s a rest for the people of God, Hebrews says. You ought to be able to rest. “Hey, I know I’m saved. I know I’m going to heaven.” Why? Because I have put my faith in Jesus. I have a word of my testimony, and there’s a rest that comes with that. These people that add works to salvation, they believe you can lose your salvation—they never have a rest because it’s not just believing in Jesus; it’s Jesus plus them. And you add any “you” in there, and it messes that rest up. Jesus is the one that gives rest. But there’s a rest.
I mean, you just have a peace about it. You never have to doubt it. That’s what the Bible helps you with in that. First John 5:13: “These things have I written unto you that believe in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know—that ye may know—that ye have eternal life.” The Bible will help with that. But you can enter into this rest.
I’ll be honest—not that I’m great or anything; I imagine most of you are there—but I’m to the point where I never even really worry for a split second about hell. It’s to the point anymore. Every once in a while, I’ll on purpose have to think about hell—not for myself; I don’t worry about that because I have a rest in Jesus—but so I have a burden for souls. And I’ll have to on purpose think about hell: what’s hell like, and the pain and outer darkness and forever? That’s the part of it against me: forever and ever. “The smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever.” By the way, it’s not annihilation. It’s not “in all.” It’s forever for them. But I have to do that on purpose because I have a rest. Now, that same rest, you ought to have that in your society. You just rest. I’m safe. I don’t worry about that. I don’t lay in my bed at night thinking about going to heaven or hell. I don’t have a rest.
That’s the beginning of the rest, yes, in your salvation, but God wants that rest in the rest of your life. Or you just rest in the Lord. I’ve been with a lot of God’s people as they’re dying, and so many times you’ve heard it from them yourself, but you hear them: “Hey, Brother Fontaine, how are you doing?” “I’m ready to go.” Brother Duane would say it often, “I want to go home. I’m ready to go home.” Towards the end, that last day or so, he said that so much. So many of them, “I’m ready to go.” And I’ve heard that so many times. They have a rest. They know where they’re going. I love this: sometimes loved ones, loved ones that know the Bible and they’re sure their relative is saved, and they’ll say, “You know, Pastor, I’ve let them go. It’s probably best for them to go home.” They even have a rest about their loved one going home. And that’s the rest. God can give a rest, and He likes—He wants you not just to rest in your salvation, but rest about the rest of your life. Just rest in Him.
My wife, when we were newlyweds—anybody when you’re newlyweds, man, you didn’t mind? I remember one day we had, I think, a four-day weekend. We lived in Northwest Indiana. Our parents were in Florida, and we said, “Yeah, we got four days. Let’s drive to Florida.” Man, we just hopped in the vehicle, a last-minute kind of thing, drove all the way down there—20 hours, you know—spent about a day or so down there, 20 hours back. Those days are past, amen, you know. Anybody like that when you’re young? No, I mean, just, you know, come on, let’s go. Let’s do whatever. And sometimes more zeal than knowledge, you know. And I’ll be honest, some of those times I’m sure I got sleepier than I should have gotten driving. Brother Trey, say amen right there now. We don’t say anything about all that, but I did. And my wife, you know, she’d be over there, and I might swerve a little bit, and boy, she’d hop up. And for years and years and years, my wife could not sleep for the most part if I was driving on long trips at nighttime. As you get older, praise the Lord, you know, time adds a little wisdom, and you’re not quite as quick to take those trips. But it’s just funny. I’m a little bit better. I can drive typically. Now, from about 10 to midnight is not a good time for me to drive. After midnight, let me drive; I’m good. Let’s go, you know. And I’m enjoying this a little bit more now. Tammy doesn’t disagree with me, even if it’s not true. No, I’m joking. I think this is true. I rather do. But many more, when I drive on long trips, she’s kind of got to the point over the years where she knows I’m good, and she’ll just sleep. It’s to the point now where I’m saying, “Hey, babe, I’m getting sleepy. Wake up. Would you drive?” type thing, you know? But I like it. I really do, as a husband and just as a person, I guess. I like it when she can rest while I’m driving. Now, God’s the same way. He likes it when you’re resting while He’s driving. There is a rest for the people of the Lord. He said, “Rest in the Lord.” He likes it when His children rest in Him.
We use a lot of salvation as illustration. Beyond that, make resting in the Lord a way of life. I liked it. I called Brother Marlin Friday. “Hey, would you teach that Sunday school class?” And before we got off the phone, he said something along this line. He said, “Well, you know, the Lord’s got me here, and all right, the Lord’s going to carry me through. He’s given me the opportunity, and He wants me to do it. All right, He’s going to pull me through it.” And I thought, well, good. I like that attitude. All right, that’s what the Lord wants. He’s going to carry me. Just make a way of life: resting, resting in the Lord. Look over in Proverbs chapter number 18, would you please? A great verse along that line, Proverbs 18. Look in verse number 10. Proverbs 18:10. Great, great verse. Years ago, I liked this verse. And Miss Jenny Fontaine one time mentioned this verse. I said, “Praise the Lord, Miss Jenny, you got this verse.” Maybe she’s watching online. It’s a great, great verse. Proverbs 18:10 says this: “The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” Notice the righteous don’t stand out there on two feet and say, “Well, I’m strong enough to handle it.” No, no. The righteous, they run into it. Just make it a way of life. You run into the tower, and you’re safe. You rest. Finances come—run to the tower and rest there. Problems, relationships, worries, doubts, fear, health issues—run to the tower. You’re safe. There’s safety there. Make it a way of life. You’re just always running to the strong tower. That’s what God wants those people to live—you’re running there.
Now, let me say this about resting: It doesn’t always mean you’re not doing anything. Look over there in Psalm 37, verse number 7. It said, “Rest in the Lord, wait patiently.” Sometimes you just wait, and you just kind of wait. Maybe that would be physically—I’m not sure for your situation—but you wait on the Lord. Look over in Matthew chapter number 11. Resting in the Lord doesn’t necessarily mean you’re kicked back in your easy chair in the living room drinking sweet tea and eating grapes. It doesn’t necessarily mean that. But I want you to see what He says. Look over Matthew 11. Jesus is speaking here. Look in verse number 28. Matthew 11, verse number 28. Notice what He says right here in God’s word. If you’re there, would you say, “Good deal”? Matthew 11:28. Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Notice that: He gives you rest. He just gives it to you. Rest. Come on. Jesus said, “Come on.” Your labor—I think labor has a lot to do with the things you brought on yourself. Heavy laden is just things that have been put on you. Come to Jesus; He’ll give you rest. But then watch the next verse here. Watch the next verse. He says, “Take my yoke upon you.” A yoke isn’t for sitting around in the easy chair drinking sweet tea and eating grapes. No, no. A yoke is for work. “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart.” And watch this: “And ye shall find rest unto your souls.” The first time He gives it to you—“I will give you rest.” This time, you find rest unto your souls. It kind of has to do with Hebrews over there, Hebrews 4. We won’t look at it, but he said, “Labor to enter into that rest.” He gives you rest, and you find the rest. But I want you to notice: you find the rest after you take His yoke. See? Resting is not always sitting around doing nothing. Sometimes it’s a matter of taking the yoke—Jesus’ yoke. You say, “What does that mean? His yoke?” Well, my main goal in life is not to make money and get rich and all that. My main goal in life is to serve Him, to please Him. And then He takes care of all these things here. That’s where there’s rest. And take the yoke. What am I here for? To serve the Lord? And I’m here to witness for you. I’m here to make a difference. I’m here to build a godly family for you. I’m here to raise children for you. I’m here to be a witness for you in my workplace, everywhere. And that’s your yoke. You take the yoke. And then He gives you rest. See, you find that rest when you take His yoke upon you.
It’s amazing when you’re living for the Lord. Your goal in life is to please the Lord. The rest you’ll find in that for your soul. You find it in living for the Lord Jesus Christ. You’ve heard the story about the little child during a storm who got afraid and climbed into bed with his mom and his dad. You know, the little night light. And they said, “We have to turn the night light out. We’re going to go to sleep in here. We have the lights out.” And the child said, “No, no, don’t turn the light out.” And the little child said, “I don’t know if I can do it.” And the little child said, “I tell you what: if you turn so you’re facing me, you can turn the light out and go to sleep.” And they turned the light out. And the little child was still a bit fidgety. And the little child said, “Are you looking at me?” He said, “Oh, we’re looking your way.” And the little child said, “I can go to sleep.” Hey, there’s a rest in the Lord. He’s always looking at you. He never slumbers, never sleeps. “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” He sees it all. And you rest in the Lord Jesus Christ. There’s the rest that comes when you’re living for the Lord and serving the Lord Jesus Christ. A little boy in Holland during World War II, and the planes were up there having a dogfight. And the little boy grabbed his dad’s hand. He said, “Dad, as long as I’m holding your hand, I’m not worried about it at all.” And you walk with the Lord; you’re walking with Him in service to the Lord. And there’s a peace, there’s a rest that comes to that. Rest in the Lord.
I’ll never forget years ago when our church was going through a financial tough time. It’s just amazing. For about a year, maybe a year and a half, our church went through a difficult time financially. And I didn’t mention it for years later, and I don’t say this to complain. Praise the Lord, the Lord took care of us. But for about a year, for a year, I didn’t get paid on time one time. Didn’t say anything; nobody knew about it besides the treasurer at the time. Nobody knew about it. That’s fine with that. But I got to the point where we were out of money, and the church was out of money. We just didn’t have any money. And I was out of gas, and it was a Sunday morning. I had that old red Dodge Dakota truck—some of you may remember that old truck—and I won’t say anything about people who wrecked it or anything like that. But anyway, I had the old truck, and it was out of gas, and I said to the Lord, “Man, I’m going to church on Sunday morning, and I’m not going to have the gas to drive home.” But I knew what I was doing; God wanted it, and I was amazed. I went to church, didn’t tell anybody, didn’t tell my wife, just drove to church that morning. And, you know, it’s amazing. And that wasn’t from me. I’m not trying to brag on me, but God gave me a rest. I just had a peace. I’m just doing what God wants; He’s going to take care of it. I just drove into church—no money, no gas—and I was just a little bit surprised at myself. It wasn’t me; it wasn’t for me; it was from the Lord—the rest that God can give. And I went through the service and all that Sunday morning, out in the lobby there, shaking hands. And I’ll never forget, somebody—I had preached a funeral for them months earlier, I think it was. Usually, if anybody’s going to give you something for a funeral, they’ll give it at the moment; if they don’t, that’s fine. But months earlier, I preached a funeral for them. And they gave me a card that day, and inside the card was a $100 bill. I meant it was a check, you know; you can’t cash that on Sunday. I couldn’t; I didn’t have enough gas to get to the bank. But a hundred-dollar bill. But I’m saying, I say that illustration to say, you know, when you’re taking His yoke, you find rest for your soul. And I was really shocked that day. There was just a peace. And that’s what God wants you to live. You rest in Him about everything, all your problems, all your worries—you’re just resting in the Lord. And that’s what the Lord wants. God likes that.
Now, part of that finding—that verse number 28, He gives you rest—now 29, you find part of that many times is finding a promise. Look over in Philippians chapter 4. A great promise when it comes to finances. Philippians 4—you’ll know it, Philippians 4. We’re coming up on mission conference and giving to missionaries. And really the promise that you put in context is they’re taking care of Paul, the missionary. And I want you to notice what he says in verse number 19. Philippians 4:19: “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” That’s your great promise. And you find rest in His promises. Having time, you say, “Lord, I’m tithing.” You serve Him, Malachi. If I’m tithing, You open up the windows of heaven, part of the blessing I cannot receive. You’ll rebuke the devourer. One of our men just yesterday, he said, “Man, my battery went out in a truck, and it’s not that old, and man, it’s just expensive, you know, batteries and trucks and all that.” And he said, “But you know the good thing is it went out right before my warranty went out, and God gave me a free battery.” Hey, God rebukes the devourer. But those promises, those promises are wonderful. And you’ll find rest in the Lord. So often you find that rest in His promises. That’s why it’s so important: you’re in church, hearing the Word of God preached, and you’re reading the Bible, and you’re trying to memorize it. God gives you promises.
Look over in John, chapter number 16. John 16:33, a great, great promise right here. John 16 and verse number 33 of God’s word. He says, “These things have I spoken unto you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” I like that: “Be of good cheer.” If you heal, rest in Him. Don’t be worried about everything. Just learn to rest. Labor to enter into the rest. It’s not all about you getting everything done. It’s about you doing what God wants to do, and then you find your promise and you rest in that. Hey, He’s overcome the world. I can be of good cheer. What a shame sometimes—I’m so worried, fearful, fretting, I’m not resting. And God likes it when His children—He likes it just when we rest. Hey, has He ever failed you yet? Has He ever disciplined you? Every one time, He’s got a proven track record for Him. I’ll just rest. Just rest in the Lord.
A couple of years ago, my wife and I—well, I should speak for myself, you know—we had a vacation of a lifetime. My favorite vacation, we flew to Montana and rented a motorcycle—a Harley, Harley Davidson—and my wife rode right on the back. We rode the Rockies. Man, I loved it. We just had a ball, loved it. And it was awesome. I’m not trying to say every wife has to do this. Everybody is a little different, you know. But I’ll be honest with you, for me, it was a little bit of a joy that my wife would hop on the back of that thing while I was driving it. And she could just—she had a backrest, a sissy bar, they call it sometimes. Had a little bit of an armrest, you know, for my wife. And she’d be about to fall asleep back there half the time, you know. And I liked it. And she’d ride on the back and she’d just rest. Now, I understand everybody can’t do that, and I’m not trying to get everybody to do that. But for me, I was glad that my wife could just kind of sit back there and rest. Now, I’ll be honest with me, except when coming around some of those cliffs, you know, the cliffs over there, and you look down—ooh, boy, you know—and you go around those curves, and the semis coming the other way, I wasn’t resting, friend. I’ll tell you what, you know. I was trying not to let her know how afraid I was, you know. But I was glad she could just rest. And I like that. And that’s part of the joy of the trip. You know, we just go, and you just sit back there, just rest. Hey, friend, that’s what the Lord wants. Just get on the back, let Him lead, follow His guide, and just rest. I don’t know if you should always rest when I’m driving a motorcycle. I don’t know about that always, you know. But if the Lord’s driving, you can always rest in Him.
I mean, just, just, He said, “Rest in the Lord.” Don’t get worried when you see other people living for the devil doing better than you. Hey, just rest. Wait patiently. He’s got it all under control. Don’t worry about the wicked when it looks like they’re prosperous. That’s what Psalm 37 is so much about. Don’t worry about the wicked looking like they’re prosperous. They’ll soon be cut down like the grass. Just, just rest in the Lord. His time, His way, He’ll bless. He sees it all. He hasn’t missed any of it. Deuteronomy says, “Hey, He’s got it all. He’s a righteous judge. He sees it all.” Just rest in the Lord. There is a rest for the people of God.
Would you bow your heads and close your eyes tonight? Wherever you are, would you bow your heads? I don’t know how the Lord may have spoken to your heart. Maybe you say, “I need to rest more.” Maybe you say, “I need to take the yoke. I need to get busy serving Him so I can find that rest in Him.” Maybe you hear like the song, that last verse of that song, of course, I believe it is, “All for grace to trust Him more.” Maybe we just need to come to the Lord. “Give me the grace to trust Him.” You say somewhere along the line, “God spoke to my heart, preacher.” “God spoke to my heart, preacher.” “God spoke to my heart.” Prayer—God bless you. God bless you. Me too. Me too. I like to grow in grace and just resting, resting in the Lord. Would you please stand wherever you are? Would you please stand? We’re going to have word of prayer. You’ll be obedient to the Lord. If you’re online, just spend some time with the Lord, drawing nigh unto Him. Father, thank You that we can rest in You. Help us to do so. Lord, like that song says, “All for grace to trust You a little more.” Forgive me, Lord, sometimes I’m so worried and fretting and all that fidgety. Lord, help us just wait patiently and rest in You. Bless our people in that tonight. We’ll thank You, Lord, for what You do in Jesus. And we pray, amen. Would you be obedient as a panel place? Amen.
Original File: Pastor Paul Chisgar - Learning to Rest in the Lord - Sunday PM 01212024