WHAT IS REST?

 

Marcella Ward   September 11, 2024 

What is rest?  According to the dictionary it means, “The act or state of ceasing from work, activity, or motion; quiet.”  It also means, “peace, ease or refreshment.”

The following are scriptures about rest:

And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when He rested from all His work of creation.  Genesis 2:3

My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. ~Psalm 62:1-2

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. ~Psalm 91:1

Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. ~Psalm 116:7

Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for Him to act. Don’t worry about evil    people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.  Psalm 37:7 (NLT)

Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.”  Deuteronomy 33:12 (NIV)

On August 10, 2016 the Lord gave me the following words:  “Child of mine, rehearsing the future is futile.  Rely and rest and be content in Me moment by moment.  Refresh your spirit in My Word each day.  Rest in Me.  Live in Me.  Be filled with My peace and directions from My Word and My presence will precede you.  Watch, pray, and rest in Me for I am the author and finisher of Your faith. (Hebrews 12:2)  Watch, trust, rest for in so doing My Shekinah Glory will be made manifest in you and through you.  Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!”

Some have said that when we work, God rests.  When we rest (in God) God works!!  Why did God rest after He had created everything?  I believe because He was finished and He wanted to enjoy His creation.  After a painter paints a masterpiece, would he or she not stop and admire the beautiful painting?

When we completely surrender to God, He will do what only He can do.  Yes, we need to do our part for the most part depending on the need, but when we rest in God, He takes over and does it His way.  I can’t tell you how many times I have prayed to the Lord about something and I have said these words, “Lord, I rest in You,” and the problem many times worked out without any intervention on my part.  Sometimes it was a small problem and sometimes it was a much bigger problem.

 So don’t be restless when you encounter a problem.  If you rest, less, in Him, then you won’t find true rest.  In other words, resting in God means that you trust Him completely and you will find peace and strength to carry any burden that you are carrying.  Remember the scripture,
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”   Matthew 11:30 (KJV) 

A Prayer for Rest by Rachel Wojo

Dear Father,

This world seems to move faster and faster
And I’m trying to keep up.
But God, in the whirlwind,
Instead I get caught up.
Like an unbeatable force it pulls me in
But I know eventually I cannot win.
I must learn to rest in your perfect peace
And though good, let all endeavors cease.
Oh that my feet would mimic your pace.
So your joy would be set on my face.
Help me, Jesus, to slow down when you would.
Help me, Lord, to rest as I should.
Thank you for loving me just as I am;
Thank you that rest is part of your plan.
Amen.

Rest From Anxiety by Ashley Nicole

Father, I pray that You fill me with Your presence in this moment as I put aside worries, anxieties, and striving and pick up Your rest. I pray that You would grant me Your peace as I stop wondering about the how’s and why’s of life. Help me to remain focused solely on Your goodness. I seek after You and You alone. I surrender my heart and soul to You. I surrender my plans and my goals and my aspirations and lay them at the altar. I choose to seek those things that You place before me. I choose to seek Your kingdom. I know that You will provide everything I need to do Your will. Amen

 Marcella Ward   September 11, 2024   Author of "Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One"

 

 

                                                                        REST IN GOD

                                                                

Marcella Ward  July 12, 2023

THESE ARE THE DAYS TO REST IN GOD  Julie Green

Date Word Received: June 8, 2023 (Fourth Prophecy)

Watch video - published June 22, 2023

 

 “This is the time to rest (in God), not to be anxious, weary, startled, afraid, hopeless, helpless, discouraged, overwhelmed, or agitated, and definitely not to be fearful in any way. 

I have made it easy. Remember, I said in My Word that I do hear the cries of My people. I do see (what's going on), and I will do something greater and mightier than you would have asked of Me. I say in My Word that My thoughts are higher than yours, and they are. Stop thinking that you can't come up higher. 

I am the comforter. I am the Prince of Peace. I have seen so many of My children struggle with peace. They have struggled with fear and anxiety. They have struggled with discouragement and disappointment. They have struggled. So many tears have been shed, and they didn't need to be. If they only knew how I see them, how I see their circumstances, and how I see the things going on around the world, they would be less frightened, agitated, and discouraged. 

The key is not to be distracted. Give Me your time, and I will give you rest- a rest that you have never known, a peace that you have never known, and a joy that you have never known. I will give you these things if you just give Me time to show you all that I can do and all that I have for you, saith the Lord.”  (www.jgminternational.org )

 

 THE GREAT RETURN   Julie Green  Date Word Received: June 19, 2023

Watch video - published June 30, 2023

A great return is coming: 

 “My children, it is the time of the Great Exodus, which is this great return from how things have been to where they should have been all along. Get ready for this great return- a return of spirituality, discernment, and resurrection power. It's coming. So, be prepared. Get ready. Get ready to move. Get ready to stand. Get ready to fight. Get ready to receive because it is the time of great restoration unto My children. Rejoice in this restoration. Rejoice, for this is a great return. It's not if it will happen. It will happen. That is guaranteed because I have guaranteed it, and I am a sure thing, and the world will soon know that, saith the Lord your Redeemer.” (www.jgminternational.org )

THE REIGN OF GOD   Marcella Ward    Received on June 23, 2023

“The Reign is coming!  The Reign is coming!  The Reign is coming so be bold and be free.  The deliverance of God is setting you free.  The Reign of My Kingdom upon this earth is at the doorstep. 

Be at peace.  Be exuberant.  Be happy.  Be free for all who come to Me will be fed.  The Reign of God Almighty is at hand.  Trust the plan.  TRUST THE PLAN!  Alleluia   Amen”

 

I AM COMING  Marcella Ward   Received on July 1, 2023

“I am coming. I am coming.  I am coming to the earth to manifest Who I Am--- The Great I Am---  My Glory.  March on, march on remnant of God.  The Great Restorer, the Great Redeemer, The Beginning and the End, The Prince of Peace and the King of Kings---Yeshua, Almighty God Creator of heaven and earth shall come to subdue all enemies beneath His feet.  ALLELUIA  ALLELUIA  ALLELUIA AMEN AND AMEN!”

PSALM 91

¹ Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
² I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”

³ Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
    and see the punishment of the wicked.

⁹ If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”
    and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm will overtake you,
    no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;
¹² they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
    you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

¹⁴ “Because he^[b] loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.”  NIV

 Marcella Ward   July 12, 2023  Author of “Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One”

                                                    A WORLD IN TRANSITION

 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. ⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” ⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.  Genesis 6:5-8 NIV

 ¹⁷ I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. ¹⁸ But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. ¹⁹ You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. ²⁰ Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. ²¹ You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”  Genesis 6 17-21 NIV

 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: ¹³ I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. ¹⁴ Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, ¹⁵ I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. ¹⁶ Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.¹⁷ So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”  Genesis 9:12-17 NIV

You might think, what does the story of Noah and the ark have to do with a world in transition?  During the time of Noah, the world had become very wicked.  There were evil, corrupt, people and the human race was being defiled by the Nephilim. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.  Genesis 6:6 NIV   “These heroes of old were also called "Nephilim." This name, plus other biblical stories about giants such as Goliath, suggests that these were a race of both very large and very strong men. Hebraic legends in the Book of Enoch and other extra-biblical texts also talk about the Nephilim as a race of giants who were able to do amazing things, but also performed acts of great evil. Their strength and size were most likely the product of demon "DNA" combined with human genes.”  (Compelling Truth “Nephilim-Who or What Were They?”)

Is there a correlation between what happened in the days of Noah and what is happening in our world today?  I believe so.  Is the whole human race corrupt now as in the days of Noah?  No, thank God, but there are those in power who are corrupt and evil as evidenced by what is happening that we can see with our very own eyes. 

Just as in the days of Noah, God is transitioning the world into a new era.  The era of the Kingdom of God. God has been warning people, through His prophets, to repent but there are those who have chosen (I am speaking about those leaders in government and those in power throughout the world) to reject God and continue with their evil agendas i.e. take away our freedoms. 

Also, the devil is at it again with trying to destroy the human race by combining Artificial Intelligence in order to change our DNA.  We are created in the likeness and image of God.  God had to put a stop to the workings of the Nephilim in the days of Noah and so He will now!

The only one who can stop the madness that we see going on in our world is God Almighty!  I believe the ark of Noah represents a place of safety, a place of escape, where the world will be guided into a New Era.  The Era of The Kingdom of God.  We will be entering the ark when God so chooses and we will be kept safe in His care as He carries us to a time of peace and tranquility where the waters are no longer something to be feared but a place of rest because we are held by God’s mighty hand.

The following are words that I believe the Lord gave me on May 16, 2020:

“Like Noah’s Ark, this world is in a time of transition.  Soon the door will close for all the evil doers.  The Ark is the place of safety for all who have given ear to My warning and are covered by the Blood of the Lamb.  Rest assured, the world is embarking into a time of transition and no demon in hell will stop it!  Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia  A new world order---GOD’S WORLD ORDER—Amen.”

So enter the “Ark of God” through Jesus Christ, Who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life!  He will save you and give you peace as you rest on the waters of the Holy Spirit. 

Marcella Ward May 17, 2022

Author of “Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One”

 

    

       

                                            ENTERING GOD’S REST

Have you ever heard the expression, “When I rest, God works”? 

 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”  Matthew 11:28-30 NIV

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.  Hebrews 4:9-10 NIV

“What is it to rest then?  It means to cease from worry and fear.  When we walk by faith and not by sight, we are resting.   If we are worried, or frustrated we are not at rest and we are not in faith.  You see, when we are truly walking in the God kind of faith, we are so convinced that God will come through on His promises that we don’t worry about it.

A good example is of a young child.  If a child asks their parent if they can go to Disneyland and the parent responds, “Yes. Tomorrow we will go” the child has no doubt that it will happen.  It would be a very unusual situation for that child to then lay awake all night wondering if they will be going to Disneyland.  No, generally the child is so convinced, that they run around telling everyone they are going to Disneyland. Their parent said it, that settles it.  They trust what their parent has told them and with childlike faith they are fully persuaded about it. In their minds they are already there.

This is how God wants us to be with Him. This is faith.  We believe we receive, we thank Him and then we rest.  We don’t worry, we don’t fret, we are fully persuaded it is coming to pass.  We are filled with Joy and thank God in advance.”  (“Labor to Enter into His Rest” Spirit Food Christian Center)

Resting in God is more about trust than anything else.  It’s like a person who wants to float in the water.  If you want to float, you need to completely relax and trust that the water will support you.  If you begin to become afraid and tense up, you will not float but start sinking.  So it is in the spiritual realm.  You need to trust that God will support you and carry you through each and every day and every trial or tribulation that comes your way. 

 Psalm 91

¹ Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

² I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”

³ Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers,
    and under his wings you will find refuge;
    his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear the terror of night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.

    

Evening Prayer

Lord you are my strength…no matter the trial or suffering, You are here, bringing me strength and refreshing…I rest in You… (www.facebook.com/atruegospelm...)

Marcella Ward January 19, 2022

Author of “Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One”