He wants us to minister from a state of rest by Jeffrey Stewart

Jeffrey is a friend of mine and from time to time I have posted things he writes here. This was really good. It's prophetic in that it shows the heart of God to give us rest.



Rest is being completely independent of what we see and hear. Jesus was at rest during the storm because He was not moved by what He saw and heard with His senses, but only by what He saw and heard from His Father.

He wants us to operate from a state of rest during our ministry as well. That is because Heaven is a place of rest. Those who are laboring well see our rest, and ask us why we are different. Then we can tell them about Jesus.

Peter was able to walk on the water until he lost his state of rest, by looking at the storm instead of Jesus. The secret to walking in mighty miracles is learning how to operate independent of what we see and hear, resting our attention entirely on Jesus, on the Word. Rest is resting on His Promises, and acting on His Promises, and completely disregarding what we see and hear.

He wants us to walk by faith not by sight. Walking by faith IS walking in rest. Rejoicing in ALL CIRCUMSTANCES is designed to teach us how to rest, by helping us learn how to take our eyes OFF OF OUR SURROUNDINGS and placing our eyes ON JESUS.

Rejoicing in ALL CIRCUMSTANCES is designed to teach us how to rest, by helping us learn how to take our eyes OFF OF OUR SURROUNDINGS and placing our eyes ON JESUS. Guarding your heart means learning how to live in a state of rest. Living from a state of rest means OPERATING FROM A SEATED POSITION. We are now seated with Him in the Heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. Peter took his eyes off of the Word (Jesus). But Peter was not born again at the time, nor was he filled with the Holy Spirit. So we ARE capable of living from a state of rest. Paul and Silas worshiping in the Phillipian jail were RESTING IN THE LORD.

We are resting when we walk more aware of Heaven than we are of the earth. Jesus walked that way all the time, because He did nothing unless He saw the Father do it first. He wants us to be more aware of heaven than we are of earth. Then we can minister just as Jesus ministered, from a state of rest.