He maketh me to lie down in green
pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psalms 23:2 (KJV)
This suggests the rest into which our Good Shepherd leads His flock.
Life is not all toil. God gives us many quiet resting-places in our pilgrim
way.
Night is one of these, when, after the day’s toil, struggle, and
exhaustion, we are led aside, and the curtains are drawn to shut out the noise,
and He giveth his beloved sleep, in sleep giving wonderful blessings of
renewal. The Sabbath is another of these quiet resting-places. God would have
us drop our worldly tasks, and have a day for the refreshing of both body and
soul. . . . Friendship’s trysts are also quiet resting-places, where heart may
commune with heart, where Jesus comes, too, unseen, and gives His blessing. All
ordinances of Christian worship—seasons of prayer and devotion, hours of
communion with God—are quiet resting-places.
Far more than we are apt to realize do we need these silent times in our
busy life, needing them all the more the busier the life may be. –J.R. Miller
