Restore Your Rest

He makes me lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside quiet waters,

Psalm 23:2

Many Americans suffer from lack of rest, or sleep. This lack of sleep results in many other health and life issues. Besides humans there is a creature that usually has trouble sleeping. It’s sheep. Sheep can’t sleep. (Maybe they need to try counting humans.) In order for sheep to sleep everything must be just right, no predators, bugs or hunger pains. They can’t take care of these problems by themselves. They need a shepherd. We, like sheep, in order to rest need a Shepherd. We need a Shepherd to help us “lie down in green pastures”.

When we are lead to these green pastures of rest we do not need to worry. Our great Shepherd has everything in control. “He leads me beside quiet waters”, not tsunami or hurricane waters. As Jesus told us in Matthew 6:34, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”