Inspirational Quotes on Rest

“The reason for our hurt feelings lies in the fact that we are not amenable to being treated as our Lord was and are loathe to submit ourselves to the will and ordering of God. Were we to deliver our natural energies to death and capitulate entirely to the Lord, our soul, though so nervously sensitive, would rest in the Lord and not misunderstand Him.”

“I am persuaded our discontents, and murmurings with out unpleasing condition, and our covetous desires after more, are not so provoking to God, nor so destructive to the sinner, as our too sweet enjoying, and rest of spirit in a pleasing state. . . . Our rest is our heaven, and where we take our rest, there we make our heaven(457).”

“God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.”

“In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul.”

“The lilies grow, Christ says, of themselves; they toil not, neither do they spin. They grow, that is, automatically, spontaneously, without trying, without fretting, without thinking.”

“The external observance of the Sabbath rest is a Jewish ceremonial ordinance and no longer binding on Christians. Sabbatarians surpass the Jews three times over in a crass and carnal Sabbatarian superstition.”

“Everywhere I have sought rest and found it not except sitting apart in a nook with a little book.”

“In His time, God gives us rest from every test.”

“Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.”

“How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended.”

“Christ's invitation to the weary and heavy-laden is a call to begin life over again upon a new principle--upon His own principle. "Watch My way of doing things," He says. "Follow Me. Take life as I take it. Be meek and lowly, and you will find Rest."”

“If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.”

“Sweet shall be your rest if your heart does not reproach you.”

“Rest is a matter of wisdom, not law.”

“Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.”

“The soul on earth is an immortal guest, compelled to starve at an unreal feast; a pilgrim panting for the rest to come; an exile, anxious for his native home.”

“Whatever rest is provided by Christianity for the children of God, it is certainly never contemplated that it should supersede personal effort. And any rest which ministers to indifference is immoral and unreal--it makes parasites and not men.”

“Through the dark and stormy night Faith beholds a feeble light Up the blackness streaking; Knowing God's own time is best, In a patient hope I rest For the full day-breaking!”

“It thou seek rest in this life, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest? Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for great patience. Seek true peace - not in earth, but in heaven; not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.”

“Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death.”