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ear to Your heart, so we can hear again so great a salvation. We
pray in Jesus’ name.

We have been looking at some wonderful foundations of our faith.
We looked at the truth of the exchanged life; His life for mine. We
looked at the truth of faith and how sensitive Jesus is to the smallest
touch. We looked at the truth of revelation and how the Holy Spirit
takes the Bible and shows us Jesus. And by God’s grace this
morning I’d like to look at the truth of resting in the Lord. Beyond
all doubt, resting in the Lord is a great foundation.

I want to begin with a wonderful benediction from the Apostle Paul,
2 Thessalonians 3:16. “Now may the Lord of peace Himself
continually grant you peace in every circumstance! The Lord be
with you all!” Sometimes our heart says, “Is such a thing possible,
that the Lord of peace Himself would continually give peace in
every circumstance?” Many Christians don’t experience that
benediction. Sometimes they fret and worry. Sometimes they get
very frustrated. I pray that after this truth that God shows our heart,
that we will understand how to have rest at all times.

I started with that benediction because some have confused peace
and rest. Some people think that if in my life I have anxiety, fear,
fretting, frustration and confusion, that’s proof that I need rest. If I
have peace and happiness and satisfaction and if I have joy and
calmness, that is the fruit of rest. That is not rest. Peace is not the
same as rest. If you have rest, the by-product will be peace. If we
are resting in the Lord, the by-product will be joy. God does not
give us Jesus and something else called “joy”. He doesn’t give us
Jesus and something else called “peace”. He only gives us Jesus. If
we have Him, we’ll have joy. If we have Him, we’ll have peace.

As you go on in the Lord we must learn not to chase after by-
products. If I seek Jesus I’ll have peace. If I seek peace I’ll have
frustration. If I seek the will of God, I will never find the will of
God. If I seek the God whose will it is, I will have the will of God.
In everything we must seek the Lord; not the book of God but the