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Christian Guided Meditation on God’s Gift of Rest
This Christian guided meditation centres on rest as a gift God models… (visit YouTube for more)
Transcript
In this guided meditation, we will focus on rest; the rest that God Himself models and which He gives to us as a free gift for our blessing and wellbeing.
Join me as we meditate on three important relevant scriptures and prayerfully seek inspiration and guidance through the Holy Spirit.
First, let’s just breathe in and out. This breath is given us by God, and this helps us to settle and prepare for meditation. Three times we’ll breathe in deeply for seven seconds and out for seven seconds.
Follow my voice and the progress bar.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Again, breathe in.
Breathe out.
Last time, breathe in.
Breathe out.
Before we meditate, please offer a brief prayer in your head or out loud, thanking God for His Word and asking Him to meet with you today. I’ll give you a moment to pray.
We’ll meditate on three passages , starting with Genesis chapter two, verses two to three.
And on the seventh day, God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
Please repeat that after me, out loud or in your mind.
And on the seventh day
God finished his work that he had done,
and he rested on the seventh day
from all his work that he had done.
So God blessed the seventh day
and made it holy,
because on it God rested
from all his work that he had done in creation.
As a meditation aid, I’m going to ask two questions. I’ll leave the passage and the questions on screen for you. Do pause the video if you’d like more time on this.
Question one: Why did God rest?
Question two: In what ways can rest be holy?
Our second meditation passage is Matthew chapter 11, verses 28 to 30.
“Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Repeat that after me.
“Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you
and learn from me,
for I am gentle and lowly in heart
and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy
and my burden is light.”
Two more questions. Question one, describe the heart of Jesus in this passage.
Question two, what is the yoke of Christ like?
Our final scripture comes from Hebrews 4:9-10.
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
Please repeat that passage now.
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest
for the people of God.
For whoever has entered God’s rest
has also rested from his works
as God did from his.
And two questions. The first is, how have we entered God’s rest?
And the second question, from what works can we rest?
Thank you, God, for your good word, which you have provided to us as a help, a guide, and a revelation of your own holy person. Please continue to do your work in us through your Holy Spirit to transform us evermore into the likeness of Jesus Christ, in whom no evil is found. Amen.
I’ll make some space now for you to offer your own prayer to God, or simply to rest quietly in His presence as you reflect on this time of meditation.
Please come back to this meditation as often as it helps you. God is infinite, and he can show us so many different things in just one verse. With the Holy Spirit’s guidance, each time we meditate can be fresh and full of his life.
Can I pray a blessing over you?
God, we thank you for the gift of rest, which you so eloquently modelled for us. It is not always our experience that we are able to rest, as you well know. I ask that in these moments of quiet, spiritual reflection, that you bring my friend a deeper understanding of this precious provision for your children. Amen
