“I would tell you your end is near. The end of striving. My people WILL LEARN how to forsake their striving and to REST in Me. Your striving is of your own accord. Your striving, based on your own understanding of any given situation and your own strength and choices, has no effect in the battle for Victory in My Kingdom. Do I need to say this to you again? Your striving is USELESS to me. In fact, it stands in the way of My choices for you. It sets you off guard. It turns your eyes toward circumstances that I do not choose for you to focus upon. Striving saps your strength, your will to continue the fight. For you do not fight effectively when I AM not in your choices. You only wear yourself out. This is very pleasing to your enemy. He laughs at this. He mocks you.

“Do you want to be effective in the battles you fight for My Kingdom? You must fight only as I tell you. And even in the midst of the greatest battles – I call you to REST in Me. Remember My definition of Rest. It does not require inactivity. It does not require peace of circumstance. You REST in Me as a child rests against his mother, even as great chaos goes on around him. The REST is your TRUST in Me. It is a Trust so deep, so profound, that changing circumstances cannot shake you. Even the worst circumstances – you know I take them into My hand. Yes, pray against them. Declare against any and all evil you see acting out before you. And in the midst of your fighting in prayer, REST in Me, Trusting that I have the situation in hand.

“Rest in Me is one of the greatest lessons you can ever learn. True, uncompromising Rest in Me will save you from disappointment, weariness, unnecessary anger. Rest in Me brings unassailable and supernatural Peace. You may be up all night praying as I call you. You may be tired the next day. Still, above all this earthly physicality, lies your spiritual Rest in Me. DO you understand My meaning for this word? LEARN MY MEANING. Learning how to Rest in Me requires daily discipline and your unbending will to do so. Ask Me for help in this. You cannot do it on your own. ‘On your own’ equals striving. Forsake striving and REST IN ME.

“All Praise to the God of creation who gives Peace and Rest to His People as they remain firmly, immovably in Him. Amen.”
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Notes:

Ecclesiastes 4:6: One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

Psalm 46:10: Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Psalm 37:7-9: Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.

Matthew 11:28-30: Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Psalm 131:2: Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me.

Isaiah 26:3: You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Exodus 33:14: And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.

John 16:33: These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.

Psalm 62:1-8: Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down—this leaning wall, this tottering fence? Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.