Your soul needs rest

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God, (Hebrews 4:9 NIV)

 What is a Sabbath-rest?
 God must have known that after sin separated us from Him, we would strive to control, to earn, to create, to master, and we would end up losing His peace. So He commanded His people to observe the Sabbath. This was a day where work, earning, creating, serving, and mastering ceased, and the people rested and remembered that their relationship with God was more important than anything they could accomplish.
  Today, we aren’t called to observe Sabbath according to the traditions in the Old Testament, but God’s call to rest is just as needed. “Anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest.” (Hebrews 4:10-11)
 Maybe you, like me, are at the point where your soul needs rest. I really need it. So much that we hold dear is the opposite of calm, peace, and still. And we pay for it through burnout, addiction, loneliness, and brokenness.
 But God tells us there is another way: there remains a Sabbath-rest for the people of God. How do you get that rest? Jesus tells us: “Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest.” When we come to Him and learn from Him, this Sabbath-rest is a promise to us. —Marie Alvero [1]

 If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest. —Corrie ten Boom

[1] Activated Rest