In His Rest

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The goal is to inspire through the seemingly little.

God saw a King in David when his brothers and family

saw a pip-squeeck,  a nobody... God looks at the heart.

The word in James teaches us that 

a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire!

NasieInspirasie is about bringing what you have,

bring what you have been given,

and keep the fire burning.

This month we have a special guest, Louise.

She is delving into and exploring the topic of God's Rest.

Be Blessed, Be Inspired!

Dear friend,

The Word of God is full of hidden treasures. 

We must learn to understand the keys to give us a clear 

understanding of the Word of God. Proverbs 25:2 tells us: 

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the 

honor of kings is to search out a matter.

Before we can go any further we have to realize that every 

Word in His Word has a special message and

 that every word has a ‘mother word’ from which it originates. 

For example, the word David in Hebrew means

 ‘beloved’ and Solomon means ‘intensive form of peace/rest’. 

King David (beloved) had a very special assignment 

given to him by the Lord. He had to conquer many 

heathen nations, before his son Solomon (intensive form of peace/rest) 

could take over his reign. Some of these heathen nations 

were the Philistines, the Jebusites, Moabites, Syrians,

 Edomites, Ammonites, Hittites and Amalekites.

 Each of the nations has a Hebrew meaning.

Let’s look at a few:

Word	Hebrew Meaning
Philistine	To roll (in dust), to roll or wallow (self)
Jebusite	Trodden, trample (literally and figuratively), be polluted
Moabite	Waste, nothingness. Incestuous son
Syrian	To be elevated
Edomite	Red, ruddy, (type of flesh)
Ammonite	Great  people, strength, people as a congregated unit, to overshadow
Hittite	Fear, dread (terror)
Amalakite	People that lick up or exhaust, strangler of people, (type of flesh)

Each of us has to conquer these heathen nations (or natures) within us. 

We have to conquer our own flesh nature, our emotions (depression),

 I, me and myself, our own opinions,

 recognition from others, 

fear and many other heathen nations within us. 

  This is what the actual story of King David tells us.

 Only when we conquer these nations in full will we be able to be

 “in His rest’ and will the true intensive peace and rest reign in us. 

Only then will God give us rest from ‘all the enemies around us’.

1Kings 4:24 tell us this: For he (Solomon) had dominion over

 all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsaheven to Azzah, 

over all the kings on this side the river: 

and he had peace on all sides round about him.  

(Also see 1 Chron 22:9.)

We as the Lord’s beloved (David) bride must grow

 in maturity and experience the sceptre of His true peace/rest (Solomon’s reign) in us. 

We must set our hearts to be at peace in all circumstances 

and we must know that our most precious times will be at His feet. 

Only when you step and surrender into the finished work

 in Christ Who is the true conqueror and overcomer, 

only then can you go into His rest.

“As you give Me (Jesus) My rightful place and do not

 allow anything else to intrude, 

you will be at peace with Me.’

 - Francis J. Roberts.