This World Does Not Provide Our Rest

“He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.” Psalm 107:29-30

Life is hard.  The paths we tread even as Christians are not always easy and yet we live with an eternal promise in mind.  Rest.  We will be given rest for our souls and the ability to be with our Savior eternally.  We need to rest in this knowledge and come into the haven that is our Lord!

My soul in sad ex­ile was out on life’s sea,
So bur­dened with sin and dis­tressed,
Till I heard a sweet voice, say­ing,
Make Me your choice;
And I en­tered the Hav­en of Rest!

I yield­ed mys­elf to His ten­der emb­race,
In faith tak­ing hold of the Word,
My fet­ters fell off, and I an­chored my soul;
The Hav­en of Rest is my Lord.

The song of my soul, since the Lord made me whole,
Has been the old sto­ry so blest,
Of Je­sus, who’ll save who­so­ev­er will have
A home in the Hav­en of Rest.

O come to the Sav­ior, He pa­tient­ly waits
To save by His pow­er di­vine;
Come, an­chor your soul in the Hav­en of Rest,
And say, My Be­lov­èd is mine.

I’ve an­chored my soul in the Hav­en of Rest,
I’ll sail the wide seas no more;
The tem­pest may sweep ov­er wild, stor­my, deep,
In Je­sus I’m safe ev­er­more.

Listen to our pastor and his wife sing this beautiful song and then here is another verse the author wrote that we do not have in our hymnal.

How pre­cious the thought that we all may re­cline,
Like John, the be­lov­èd so blest,
On Je­sus’ strong arm, where no tem­pest can harm,
Secure in the Hav­en of Rest.

If we can understand that our rest is in knowing Jesus as our Savior we will be able to rest in Him day after day when the hard times come.

“And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.” Exodus 33:14