{"id":4078,"date":"2025-09-02T07:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:21:36","slug":"rest-for-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/rest-for-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest for Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Tuesday, September 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest for Restoration \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. <strong>Psalm 23:2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rest is not just recommended by God, it is required. When the psalmist says, \u201cHe makes me lie down,\u201d it shows that God sometimes has to stop us in our tracks. Why? Because He knows that without rest, we cannot be restored. Our bodies grow weary, our emotions become fragile, and our spiritual vision gets clouded.<\/p>\n<p>When we resist rest, we carry burdens we were never meant to bear alone. But when we surrender to God\u2019s leading when we allow Him to \u201c<em>make us lie down<\/em>\u201d we not only restore our bodies and minds but also cultivate trust in His care.<\/p>\n<p>In a world that glorifies busyness, God whispers, \u201cBe still, and know that I am God.\u201d \u2013 Psalm 46:10. Being still is not weakness it\u2019s surrender. It\u2019s choosing to stop striving, stop overworking, and stop trying to carry everything on your own. When we are still, we allow God the space to do what only He can do: restore our souls.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it this way: you can\u2019t pour from an empty cup. Rest is the way God fills you back up physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The Shepherd calls us to lie down, not because He wants us idle, but because He wants us whole.<\/p>\n<p>So, when life demands more and you feel like you can\u2019t stop, remember that restoration only comes through rest. God doesn\u2019t just want you to keep going\u2014He wants you to be renewed so that you can keep going well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Lord, thank You for calling me to stillness. Forgive me for the times I have filled my life with noise, work, and worry, leaving no room for You to restore me. Teach me to rest in Your presence and trust that while I pause, You are still at work. Restore my strength, renew my mind, and refresh my spirit. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, September 2 Rest for Restoration \u00a0 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. Psalm 23:2 Rest is not just recommended by God, it is required. When the psalmist says, \u201cHe makes me lie down,\u201d it shows that God sometimes has to stop us in our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4085,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions\/4085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}