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brings the “peace that passes all understanding” and
celebrates the “rest” that the Lord has always desired
His people to enter. Jesus created the true Sabbath rest
as He cried “Shalom” (It is finished) from the cross. It is
accomplished. The debt is paid. God is satisfied. Nothing
for eternity can be added to this rest.

In order to draw us to Himself, He became flesh. But
more than just become a man, He became the weakest
and most surrendered man of time and eternity.
Phillipians 2:5 “Keep on fostering the same disposition
that Christ Jesus had. Though He was existing in the
nature of God, He did not think His being on an
equality with God a thing to be selfishly grasped, but
He laid it aside as He took on the nature of a slave and
became like other men. Because He was recognized as a
man, in realith as well as in outward form, He finally
humiliated Himself in obedience (SURRENDER) so as to
die, even to die on a cross.”

How can we fear Him who made Himself so low and
approachable to us. With the revelation of how much we
are desired and loved, we can let down our barriers and
defense mechanisms. We can surrender to the Lover of
our Souls, resting in His powerful arms. Now in union
with Him and being “known” by Him (Galatians 4:9) we
can bear fruit for God. Romans 7:4 “So my brothers, you
too in the body of Christ (human flesh) have ended your
relation to the law (cross), so that you might be married
to another husband, to Him who was raised from the
dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.”

And so Job is now surrendered to His Lover God and the
union produces immediate fruit. In order to demonstrate
the abundant spiritual understanding and rest Job is
experiencing on the inside, the Lord doubles his
material blessings. Faith is agreeing with the life of God
put inside us, which is the image of Jesus Christ. It is
not trying to make your flesh believe information it’s
not really interested in. It’s not seeking scientific
explanations that make your intellect feel better. It is
surrendering to the One who is calling your name and
whispering His words of love in your heart. When the

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