Real Rest

 “There the wicked cease from troubling, And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners rest together; They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.” Job 3:17-18 NKJV

Without justification to the misconception of rest by advocates of suicide and euthanasia for pain and suffering management, Job actually contemplated the superiority and eternal perspective of rest to awakened the 7 days dumbness of his miserable friends. From the knowledge of hindsight, Job later realized that this real rest is found in a solemn fellowship with God; even before the onset of eternity. Just as today is designed to serve the weekly rest from the weeklong stress and pain, a sweet fellowship with God on a daily basis offers believers a consistent taste of real rest from anxiety, provocation, confusion, agitation, troubling of the wicked and weariness from the oppressors. Therefore, with the right perspective in focus, real pain and suffering in life actually facilitates the sweetness of true fellowship with God and the sootiness of the real rest in His presence. Actually, Jesus contemplates the burden on both the oppressed and the oppressors when He offered “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28); and He is the only source of real rest.