Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light” (Matt. 11:28-30 NLT).

Rest is a weapon, a tool. When you rest in Me, the enemy cannot touch you, cannot wear you out. It is like a fortress around about you in the spirit realm. He can’t get through a fortress of rest. It is a force shield. For if you stay in that place, he can’t get in. It is when you come out of rest and into worry and anxiety, that the door is opened and the enemy of your soul can come in and cause havoc with your emotions and your will. He will tire you out with lies and fears. So, enter again into My rest. Come into the safe place and you really will find rest for your soul. It is a gift freely offered to you for you belong to Me.

“For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power] (Heb. 4:3 AMP).

All who are Mine can enter into My rest as well as My presence and My Throne Room.  I am omnipresent, so in a sense I am in all these places at the same time. But there are different spaces within Me for different purposes. When you enter My rest, it is there you can stop for a while, cease the doing and the praying and the worshipping and just be in Me. This is My gift to My people. Yes, I say “pray without ceasing” and there are all these things that are part of being My called ones, My chosen ones. But these things can also come out of a place of resting in Me. It is a state of being. A state of being in rest, in safety, and from there you will have the most impact in all the other things that I have you doing or saying or praying.

It is part of being a spirit being. That part of you that can be like Me; in rest and warfare at the same time. But first you must learn what it is to rest in Me. It is a state that requires practice, for you are so used to running, so used to doing, even if for good. It will wear you out if you don’t learn to enter My rest.

See yourself in Me. That’s the place you hear Me the best. It is from that place of being in Me. This is your safe place.

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength” (Isa. 30:15).

Marian Dyer

31 July, 2023