“Find rest, O my soul, in God alone. My hope comes from Him.” Psalm 62:5
I was spending some time meditating and memorizing this verse this week and found it very comforting. I think if you are an anxious person, you find much of your time filled with worry and unrest. I often long for the days when I used to be carefree and not so anxious about everything all the time. This verse was so helpful to just repeat to myself over and over this week. Even though my soul is often worried or not at peace, this verse tells me that my soul can find rest in God alone. Knowing that the Creator of the universe loves me so much that He will give my soul rest gives me so much hope. My soul can never truly rest until my hope is found in Him. As a Christian, I know that my hope is in the Lord who has redeemed me. My anxious soul finds so much comfort in that. I can find rest. My soul can find rest. My hope is in Him who gives me everything that I need.
So my encouragement to you is to say this verse to yourself a few times. Just focus on each phrase and speak this truth to yourself. My soul can find rest in God alone because my hope comes from Him. No matter what I am facing in this life, whether it be mental illness, physical illness, a loss of some kind, etc., I can find the hope to carry on and function. I’m so thankful for this since anxiety is so exhausting and I’m often just trying to keep my head above the water. Trying to keep from drowning. Trying to stay afloat. Trying to appear normal and functional to everyone around me. There comes a time when I can’t keep it together anymore. I can no longer keep from drowning on my own. That is when I cry out to God who is my hope. He is the one who can keep me above the water. He is the one who will give me rest. I hope this comforts you as much as it comforts me. This doesn’t mean that I always feel at rest, but I know that I can keep coming back to this truth because I know it to be so. My soul has found rest. I hope yours can too.
