What do you think of when you hear, “The Rest of God?”
I think of it as Peace in the most tumultuous situation. Reading Hebrews 4:1-2 it talks about the rest of God but it says those who don’t have it don’t mix faith with the words they hear preached.
The first time I found the Rest Of God was about 25 years ago when I learned how to bring all my worries to God and leave them there. Learning how to Trust God with everything, for a short while I became bored. My brain used to be filled with thoughts, worries, and fears: now I was able to choose what to think.
This was the beginning of listening to the words that cycled through my brain when depression or fear arose. I learned how to catch the bad thoughts of “I talked to much” or “nobody likes me” and “I do everything wrong” to kick them out of my brain.
I replace the bad words with God’s words in my mouth and speak out loud “I am LOVED BY GOD” and “I am the Righteousness of God in Jesus” and “I am treasured!”
This was a battle I had to fight daily and it took 20 years before I really got good at it.
The real breakthrough came when God showed me “my shame”so He could take it away!
When He did that it exposed what I believed all my life at least since I was 7 years old. The thought in my subconscious mind was “I am garbage.” With this thought out in the open my life started to really change. Just ask my husband.
What my story really shows is that when a person believes God and His Word they put it into action. That is probably what James is talking about Faith without works is dead. I could attach scripture to each of these actions.