Raison d’être
Rest is found when we stop adjusting and simply surrender.
✍🏼 Devotional Credit: Abide Above
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At the center of all creation—your soul, your spirit, and even the sacred pages of Scripture—is one glorious aim: to glorify and share the Lord Jesus Christ. That is your raison d’être—your very reason for being.
But so often, believers unknowingly drift from this foundation. We begin to find peace in our performance, in our perceived progress, even in the Spirit’s work within us. Yet, when our peace rests on anything apart from the finished work of Jesus Christ, it becomes fragile—fleeting.
The true, lasting peace we’re offered is not born out of worthiness, victory, or emotional steadiness. It is born out of Christ alone. He is the only ground upon which God finds rest concerning us—and the only place where we can rest as well. As we grow, we may become more aware of the brokenness within us and the brokenness around us, but this should not lead to despair. Rather, it invites a deeper confidence in Christ’s unchanging sufficiency.
If we use the freedom of the Gospel for ease or self-preservation, we often forfeit the rich spiritual enjoyment it was meant to bring. But when God deepens His work within us, bringing us to rest wholly in Christ—not in ourselves—we discover the peace that Jesus promised: not as the world gives, but His very own.
✍🏼 Personalized Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
I have spoken these things to you so that in Me you may have peace. Not a conditional peace. Not a fragile peace. But My own unshakeable peace.
You were never meant to find rest in your feelings, your growth, or even your understanding of truth. You were meant to rest in Me. Your peace is not the fruit of your success—it is the fruit of My sacrifice. In My Son, I have already found perfect satisfaction concerning you. And when you rest where I rest—on Him alone—you experience what I designed your spirit to know: quietness, assurance, and joy in the Beloved.
I have not asked you to manufacture peace but to receive it. The deeper you see your weakness, the more clearly you will see My strength. The more you see your lack, the more fully you will draw upon My abundance. And as you abide—not striving, not compensating—I will carry you deeper into the enjoyment of My Son.
Don’t use your liberty to seek ease or blend with the world. You are not your own. You belong to Me. And in belonging to Me, you are free—free to serve, free to rest, free to be loved. Let the Gospel do its deep work. Let My Son be your reason for every breath.
Scriptures referenced: John 16:33, 1 Peter 2:16, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 3:3–4, Romans 5:1
🧺 Real-Life Analogy
It’s like leaning back into a hammock. The more you shift and fidget to find your balance, the more unstable it feels. But the moment you fully release your weight into it, the fabric holds you. That’s what resting in Christ is like. Your peace doesn't come from trying to balance yourself—it comes from surrendering fully into the fabric of His finished work.
🙏🏼 Prayer of Confidence
Father, thank You that my peace is not based on how I’m doing, how I’m feeling, or how far I’ve come. It rests entirely in Jesus—who He is and what He has already done. I rejoice that You find full satisfaction in Him, and because I am in Him, You are satisfied with me. I no longer search for peace—I dwell in the One who is peace. I breathe freely today, resting in the purpose for which I was made: to glorify and share Christ in all things.