Learn How to Rest -- He Takes Care of the Rest

If we live primarily by what we see, we may get discouraged or even fearful at the prospect of standing by and trusting God to take care of us. However, we must awake our minds to the truth that God is moving and working on our behalf, even if we do not see Him:

"For we walk by faith, not by sight:" (2 Corinthians 5: 7)

In the Old Testament, the Lord commanded His people to stand back and watch Him take care of everything:

"And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

"The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. " (Exodus 14: 13-14)

Later, when the people of Judah were surrounded by warring armies, Jehoshaphat prayed to the Lord, and He spoke comfort through one His prophets:

"Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you." (2 Chronicles 20: 17)

In the New Testament, Paul tells us to stand fast in the Liberty that we have in Christ (Galatains 5: 1), and to stand in the full of God, which is Christ in and on and all around us:

"Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." (Ephesians 6: 13)

We stand in Him, and He is working on our behalf. Our job is to humble ourselves enough to believe:

"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." (1 Peter 5: 6-7)

Jesus wants us to abide in Him:

"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." (John 15: 4-5)

Let us abide in Him, He who made the Universe, all that is seen and unseen (Hebrews 11: 1-2)
Labor to enter that rest

We can labor to enter the rest of God:

"Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." (Hebrews 11: 4)

Learn how to rest, for God is taking care of everything for us:

"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? " (Romans 8: 31-32)