Closing Post: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Closing Post: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Dear Friends,
As we conclude this series, we want to share these final words with you. Look forward to a few new things over the coming weeks, and then something completely different to carry us through the Summer months!
It's an honor and blessing to get to journey through life with you! Thank you for reading Meeting in the Meadow, and encouraging others with our posts.
-Marina
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Be assured that regardless
of where you are,
what you are doing,
or what you're going through....
In all things, in all ways,
God is doing the most
loving thing concerning you!

-Roy Lessin

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#knowinghisbest #walkinginrest #roylessin #meetinginthemeadow

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Part 47: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 47: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul (Psalm 143:8 NIV).

 

Walking in Rest!
Rest in your relationships, your work, your decisions, your daily walk. Rest in your mind, your spirit, your emotions. Rest in the future, the day, the moment. Trust Him. Rest in your salvation, your blessings, your gifts. Rest in His presence, His purpose, His plans. Begin each day in the joy of forgiveness, the power of the Holy Spirit and the hope of eternal life. Affirm that He is looking after you and has not forgotten you. Trust Him for the details of each day. Be at rest as you drive, as you shop, as you labor, as you play. Let His calm soothe you, His balm heal you, His stillness quiet you. Know His best and walk in rest.

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#knowinghisbest #meetinginthemeadow #roylessin #rest

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Part 46: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 46: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him  (Psalm 32:10 NIV).

 

Walking in Rest!
I have the wisdom and the resources to take care of every detail of your life. It is My responsibility and delight to provide for you. I see what is ahead. I direct the steps you are taking. To worry is to question Me. To strive is to be unsure of My power. To fear is to doubt My love. I care about you. I love you. You are mine. I will never forget about you. Don't carry burdens I do not want you to bear. Be done with anxiety. It is not fitting for you. Let My words heal you. Let Me release you from the weight you carry. Give all your cares to Me. My hand is over you; My grace upon you. You shall not want any good thing.
Lovingly,
Your Father.

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#walkinginrest #knowinghisbest #roylessin #meetinginthemeadow #photobydonnawilson

Part 45: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest

Part 45: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
...All my springs are in thee. Psalm 87:7

Walking in Rest!
He is big enough, strong enough, wise enough, powerful enough and caring enough to see you through every circumstance of life. You are not alone in anything you face. You are His child; never act or think like an orphan.

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#knowinghisbest #meetinginthemeadow #roylessin #heisenough

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Part 44: Knowing God's Best...Walking in Rest

Part 44: Knowing God's Best...Walking in Rest
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (Romans 11:36).

Walking in Rest!
Rest is trusting God for everything and in everything. He is rest to your ears, for He speaks in a still small voice...your eating, for He will bless your food and water...your body, for He is your health...your labors, for He will reward you...your family, for He will build your house...your children, for they will be taught of the Lord...your trials, for He will not allow you to go through more than you can bear...your decisions, for He will guide you with His eye...your future, for He prepares the way before you.

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#knowinghisbest #walkinginrest #meetinginthemeadow #rest #roylessin

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Part 43: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 43: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
O LORD, you have searched me and you know me (Psalm 139:1 NIV).

 

Walking in Rest!
You can rest in the Lord because He knows you better than anyone else (You discern my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways.), understands you more than anyone else (Before a word is on my tongue, You know it completely.), cares for you more than anyone else (You have laid Your hand upon me.), is nearer than anyone else (If I go to the heavens, You are there. If I make my bed in the depths, You are there...Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast.), watches over you closer than anyone else (You created my inmost being: You knit me together in my mother's womb.), loves you more than anyone else (How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God. How vast is the sum of them.).

(You can read Psalm 139 here.)

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#knowinghisbest #psalm139 #roylessin #meetinginthemeadow

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Part 42: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 42: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
"Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5 NLT

Walking in Rest!
To rest is to realize that God is your all in all. Rest is never a 90 percent issue; it is always 100 percent. The only thing you can do without God is fail. The only way the Christian life is meant to be lived is in total dependency upon Him. Without Him no fruit remains, no gifts abide, no hope prevails, no strength endures,  no love conquerors, no faith overcomes.

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#faith #heisthevine #knowinghisbest #rest #roylessin #meetinginthemeadow

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Part 41: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 41: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...

Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. Psalm 37:7 NLT

Walking in Rest!
I wait on God to bring to pass all He has promised me,
and as I wait, I rest in faith in what I cannot see.
For in His way He will provide at just the perfect time
everything that's good and right to bless this life of mine.

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#waiting #walkinginrest #knowinghisbest #roylessin #meetinginthemeadow

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Part 40: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 40: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...

For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. Isaiah 52:12 ESV

Walking in Rest!
You can rest in knowing that God is always ahead of you and always prepares things before He has you walk in them. He made all things before He made you...He loved you before you gave your heart to Him...He came to you before you searched for Him...He possessed all things before you had a need...He knew all things before you had a question...He finished His work of redemption before He began His work in you...He promised never to leave you before He asked you to go...He declared His victory before He asked you to turn everything over to Him.

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#hisprotection #knowinghisbest #walkinginrest #roylessin #meetinginthemeadow

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Part 39: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 39: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Matthew 5:7

Walking in Rest!
God's rest within you will affect the relationships around you.

As you rest in His grace, mercy, forgiveness, kindness and goodness, you will be able to extend it to others. The blessing of rest in relationships is in not demanding things from others or constantly judging their performance. It is a joy to be around those who give you the freedom to be yourself and who won't reject you if you fail. They accept you for who you are instead of trying to change you...forgive you if you have offended...extend love regardless of how you perform...serve you instead of using you for selfish interests...show you mercy instead of judgment for wrongs done.

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#meetinginthemeadow #knowinghisbest #walkinginrest #mercy

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Part 38: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 38: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 NIV

Walking in Rest!
The only reason to fear or worry is if the Lord had said:
1. Lay up treasures on earth for there are no treasures in heaven.
2. Be anxious about life for God doesn't know anything about you.
3. The most important thing in life is what you possess, so get more.
4. Your Father doesn't care for you; you are on your own.
5. Seek what the world seeks; that is where true values are.
6. Be anxious about tomorrow; it's good to have things pile up.
7. God cannot look after the practical details of life; save yourself.

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#knowinghisbest #meetinginthemeadow #roylessin #devotional

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Part 37: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 37: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began. Titus 1:2

Walking in Rest!
Your rest does not come by having faith in your faith, your feelings, or your insights—faith rests in the words of the One who cannot lie. He does not need to tell you everything He is doing, but He will tell you enough to keep you steady and will reveal enough to give you hope. There will always be a promise to claim...there will always be a direction to follow...there will always be a word to obey. You will never be without a rock to stand upon...you will never be without a foundation to build upon...you will never be without a Savior to call upon.

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#walkinginrest #knowinghisbest #roylessin #meetinginthemeadow

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Part 36: Knowing His Best...Walking In Rest!

Part 36: Knowing His Best...Walking In Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. 2 Corinthians 3:5

 

Walking in Rest!
How blessed you are to find your sufficiency in God. He is more than you have ever imagined and greater than you have ever hoped He could be. He will hear you when you call, teach you His ways, guide you with His eye, show you His covenant, give you certain victory, give you grace and glory, lift up your head, be with you in trouble, perfect that which concerns you, fulfill the desires of your heart, beautify you with salvation, not withhold any good thing from you, cause all things to work together for good.

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#knowinghisbest #walkinginrest #roylessin #meetinginthemeadow 

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Part 35: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 35: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. 2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT

Walking in Rest!
Rest finds its sufficiency in Christ. Rest doesn't say, "I can do it." It says, "God can do it through me." In rest you never lean on your own understanding or depend upon your own resources.

As you rest you are totally dependent on Him for all things — you exchange your weakness for His strength...your emptiness for His fullness...your failure for His success...your defeat for His victory...your heaviness for His joy...your uncleanness for His righteousness...your restlessness for His peace.

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#knowinghisbest #walkinginrest #meetinginthemeadow #roylessin #rest #restinhim

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Part 34: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 34: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me. John 5:36 NLT

Walking in Rest!
Rest is realizing the limits God has placed upon you. He doesn't want you to do everything. He gives you your assignments and enables you to do them. Rest knows its place and is faithful in it. Rest does not wish it had others' gifts or a different ministry. Rest is content with what the Master gives. Rest does not say "yes" to everything or run around in circles trying to fulfill everyone's wishes and whims. Rest quietly finds its place in God without being worn out or stressed out with things that He has not ordered. 

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#meetinginthemeadow #knowinghisbest #roylessin #rest #restinhim

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Part 33: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 33: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
I pray that hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.  Ephesians 1:18 (NLT)

Walking in Rest!
Rest in the riches of all you are in Christ. Because you are in Him you are beloved of God (Romans 1:7), justified freely by His grace (Romans 3:24), freed from sin and alive unto God (Romans 6:7, 11), under grace and a servant of righteousness (Romans 6:14, 18), married to Christ (Romans 7:4), God's heir (Romans 8:16, 17), free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:1, 2), a joint-heir with Christ and more than a conqueror (Romans 8:17, 37), God's husbandry and His temple (1 Corinthians 3:9,16), accepted in the beloved (Ephesians 1:6), His workmanship (Ephesians 2:10), a fellow citizen with the saints (Ephesians 2:19-20), complete in Him (Colossians 2:10), loved (2 Thessalonians 2:16), kept by His power (1 Peter2:10-11).

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#knowinghisbest #walkinginrest #meetinginthemeadow #roylessin 

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Part 32: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 32: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways. By your mighty power you rescue those who seek refuge from their enemies. Psalm 17:7 NLT

Walking in Rest!
Rest sees things through God's eyes and weighs things with His mind. The Lord wants you to stand in Him and look around in confidence. He wants you to take His point of view, for things are not always as they appear. In the Lord you are not beneath things to be pressed down and weighed in by them; you are above things, seated with Him, free from the defeat of all assaults, threats and accusations. You are safe in the Lord as your tower...strong in the Lord as your refuge...protected in the Lord as your shield. Flee to Him; His arms are open... hide in Him; His wings will cover you...trust in Him; His mighty arm will fight for you.

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#meetinginthemeadow #roylessin #knowinghisbest

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Part 31: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest

Part 31: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
I cannot think of anyone more unworthy to this cause than I, the least of the least of the saints. But here I am, a grace-made man, privileged to be an echo of His voice and a preacher to all the nations of the riches of the Anointed One, riches that no one ever imagined.  Ephesians 3:8 (VOICE)

Walking in Rest!
Rest in the riches of all you have in Christ. Because you are in Him, you have received grace and gifts (Ephesians 4:7, 8), a hope laid up in heaven (Colossians 1:5), been made a partaker of the inheritance of the saints (Colossians 1:27), been delivered from the power of darkness (Colossians 1:13), been delivered from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 1:10), received an everlasting consolation and good hope (2 Thessalonians 2:16), been given the Spirit of power, love and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7), His word effectively working in you (1 Thessalonians 2:13), a crown of righteousness laid up for you (2 Timothy 4:8), been given great and precious promises (2 Peter 1:4), been given fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3).

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#meetinginthemeadow #knowinghisbest #thankful

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Part 31: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest

Part 31: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
I cannot think of anyone more unworthy to this cause than I, the least of the least of the saints. But here I am, a grace-made man, privileged to be an echo of His voice and a preacher to all the nations of the riches of the Anointed One, riches that no one ever imagined.  Ephesians 3:8 (VOICE)

Walking in Rest!
Rest in the riches of all you have in Christ. Because you are in Him, you have received grace and gifts (Ephesians 4:7, 8), a hope laid up in heaven (Colossians 1:5), been made a partaker of the inheritance of the saints (Colossians 1:27), been delivered from the power of darkness (Colossians 1:13), been delivered from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 1:10), received an everlasting consolation and good hope (2 Thessalonians 2:16), been given the Spirit of power, love and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7), His word effectively working in you (1 Thessalonians 2:13), a crown of righteousness laid up for you (2 Timothy 4:8), been given great and precious promises (2 Peter 1:4), been given fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3).

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#meetinginthemeadow #knowinghisbest #thankful

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Part 30: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest

Part 30: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time.... Ecclesiastes 3:11

Walking in Rest!
You can rest in knowing that He will make all things beautiful as you wait for His time. He does give the best to those who leave the choice with Him. Never trust a timetable; trust God. His timetable is different from ours. Trusting means waiting on God and for God.

As you wait on God you are asking Him to make you ready; as you wait for God you are waiting until He is ready. In His perfect way He will put together every detail...arrange every circumstance...change every heart and order every footstep to bring to pass what He has for you. He will never make a mistake.
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#meetinginthemeadow #inhistime #knowinghisbest #roylessin

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