Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

This is a call to rest and wait. In our culture, these are two of the most challenging things that we can do. Hebrews 4 speaks of a Sabbath rest that God wants us to enter into, where we cease from our works and enter into His rest. 

While this promise seems simple enough to accomplish, something in the human heart struggles to rest genuinely. I am not talking about having a siesta or taking a vacation, but a rest in the very core of our hearts where we cease from all striving. 

When we learn to rest in the center of our being, we will cease from our own human initiatives and position ourselves to wait for the Lord to work on our behalf. This is not a place of passivity because we have to work at entering into this place of rest. We will only allow ourselves to enter into this place when we are convinced that we no longer have to strive to find acceptance in the loving embrace of our God and Father. 

One of the highest forms of trust we can demonstrate is to truly learn to rest and wait patiently for the Lord. In this place, we realize that we don’t have to protect ourselves, provide for ourselves, initiate for ourselves, etc., because we have a God who is head over heels in love with us and has promised to work on our behalf. All He asks is that we learn to rest and wait patiently for Him.

Today’s promise says that we will inherit the land when we do! Not because of anything we do but because of the goodness of our heavenly Dad. May the Holy Spirit show each of us how to more fully enter that place of rest and trust so we can wait on the Lord and see our inheritance released.