Rest where you dwell

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty

Psalm 91:1

Rest where you dwell

If you dwell in God's shelter, his secret place

You will be able to rest in his presence, where his shadow falls

If you dwell elsewhere you will be too far away to be covered by his shadow

To dwell means to live, to inhabit, to stay

It is a permanent place of residence, a settled home

It is a place of connectedness, of relationship 

You cannot truly rest anywhere except where you dwell

Our place of rest is not to be somewhere else

Not a place to run away to

To seek out in the far distance

But a place of abiding, a secret and hidden place

An enduring habitat rooted in the everyday, planted in the commonplace

Established in the mundane and the normal, in the unexceptional and unremarkable

Not based on geography or location

But to be sheltered by the Most High

To rest is not so much withdrawing to a special place 

But withdrawing with a special person

It is not about defining a spiritual territory 

Rather it is seeing a divine encounter

Rest is no longer an experience to long for

It is now our secured state of being

We do not long for rest but seek to experience it afresh 

The shadow of the Almighty will welcome us to his dwelling 

Our eternal home