You shall find rest for your soul

#1 draw from The Inspired Box 

SCRIPTURE READING: 

This is what the Lord says:

“Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest for your souls.
    But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.'

Jeremiah 6:16

THOUGHTS: 

So often in Scripture the path we should take is laid out so simply.  In Micah 6, the Lord cannot get any more blunt, when Micah ask "what is it that the Lord requires of us?" The Lord responds "This is what the Lord requires, to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God." Simple.  Blunt.  To the point.  And yet we miss it.  

This Jeremiah text is another promise that we have that too often set aside.  "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is and walk in it." 

Stand at the crossroads - every day we have opportunity to stand in a place of decision, a place where we can choose to seek God's ways or we can go on in our own. 

Open our eyes - be open to see what the Lord sees or to see things in a different way than we normally do.  

Ask for the ancient paths - we aren't the first to stand in the place (no matter what it is) Since days of ancient old, people have stood where we stand and many have followed God's ancient ways to healing, to wholeness.  

Ask where the good way is - because there is a bad way, a way that leads to more grief, a way that is longer than it needs to be, a way that might seem ok but is not necessarily the good way. So God what is the way, we should go in this crossroads? 

Walk in it -  make a choice to choose his way, not your own.  

And you will find rest for your soul...

There's the promise.  When we walk in the ways of the Lord, we will find rest for our souls. That does not mean it will be easy, or that it won't hurt. It does not mean there will not be pain or that the ground beneath our feet will not shake.  

The rest for our soul comes in his embrace, comes in the space where you know that you know that you are not alone.  

ACTION: 

What do we do with this? The last section of this verse has the Lord saying "but you won't do it. You will not walk in it." Oh, that I would prove Him wrong.  Oh, that I would be a person who obeys and seek His ways.  Oh, that I would be a person who finds rest for my soul.