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So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.

Hebrews 4:9–10, LSB

We commonly hear the words, “Rest In Peace,” when one has died, but God doesn’t desire that for the only place for us to find our rest. When we speak of the Sabbath, it is more than just taking a day off; it is a way to rest in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. To find relief from the day-to-day that seems never to cease and can become overwhelming. It becomes so all-encompassing that it filters into our worship and distracts us from Christ’s gift and promise. We can begin to feel like we are running on a hamster wheel and not getting anywhere, but in Christ, we can find that things are different as we sit and ponder His promises to us. In Christ, we witness moments of pause and prayer. We witness Him in the Garden taking upon Himself the stresses of our lives, the sin that overwhelms us all, and in His humanness, He feels it breaking Him as the blood came down his face like sweat. It was in His submission to the Father, He brought us the promise and continues to call us to rest and know His peace.

Let us pray. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger, and I ask you to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that in all I do today, I may please you. For into your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel watch over me, that the wicked foe have no power over me. Amen.