{"id":5167,"date":"2011-12-07T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2011-12-06T17:18:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T23:18:32","slug":"dave-rave-the-4-ways-of-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/dave-rave-the-4-ways-of-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Rave -The 4 Ways of Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"daverave\"Well, it’s Christmas season and, like it or not, we’re in a mad dash for Christmas Eve.<\/span><\/p>\n

Often we get overwhelmed with activities and responsibilities and trying to make everything just perfect for the ones we love.\u00a0 And as good as all that is, you need not give up your sense of peace and being at rest.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, rest is a big deal in the Scriptures.\u00a0 It’s such a big deal that it’s, more times than not, how God describes the death of His children.\u00a0 They enter into His rest.<\/span><\/p>\n

So here are four ways that I am resting this holiday season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. I am relaxed and at peace.<\/strong>\u00a0 I’m at peace with God now and forever.\u00a0 This is my Father’s world.\u00a0 I’m going to relax and let Him run it and be at peace knowing that all things are right between me and my God.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. I am enjoying the now.<\/strong>\u00a0 In Psalm 37, it’s amazing how many verbs are imperatives about the now: trust, delight, dwell, do good, do not fret, wait patiently<\/em>.\u00a0 All of these are insights on how to live in the now.\u00a0 Living just for the now is stupid.\u00a0 But living in the now is daring to believe that God has you exactly where He wants you to be, and doing exactly what His love knows should be done.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. I’m savoring this season.<\/strong>\u00a0 Few of us know how to savor. We eat fast, we drive fast, we microwave our meals, and we use texts and email instead of face-to-face conversations. Savoring is slowing down to taste, to breathe in, to enjoy, to notice, to see, to be aware of this beautiful world with all of its colors, and all of its beauty.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. I’m trusting God’s timing.<\/strong> In Galations the Bible says, “It was just the right time, God sent forth His Son.”\u00a0 God’s timing is impeccable, not only on the world’s stage, but in my life and yours.\u00a0 If you need something, if a deadline is looming, remember God knows, and His timing can always be trusted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Well, it’s Christmas season and, like it or not, we’re in a mad dash for Christmas Eve. Often we get overwhelmed with activities and responsibilities and trying to make everything just perfect for the ones we love.\u00a0 And as good as all that is, you need not give up your sense of peace and being … Continue reading “Dave Rave -The 4 Ways of Rest”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5167"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=5167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}