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the baby.” When we read the Bible, it’s not only what Jesus says
but it’s His heart. When Lazarus died Jesus told Mary and Martha,
“This sickness is not unto death.” That’s what His lips said but
that’s not what His heart said. Jesus told me that if I’m to follow
Him I’m to hate my wife and family. That’s what His lips said but
that’s not what His heart said. Jesus said, “Let the dead bury the
dead.” He didn’t mean that. All I’m saying is, that when we study
the Bible, put your ear on God’s heart and not His lips. We need to
hear God’s heart.

Our heavenly Father, we thank You for the Holy Spirit that lives
inside of us. Now we ask that Holy Spirit would anoint the speaker.
We pray that your Holy Spirit would anoint the translator. We pray
that the Holy Spirit would anoint the listener. Help us all put our
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,