Precious Lord,
Take my hand.
I come to You weary. Help me to sing today.
I need no other argument,
I need no other plea,
it is enough that Jesus died,
and that he died for me.
(“MY FAITH HAS FOUND A RESTING PLACE,” EDMUNDS, L. H., 1891)
Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? (Rom. 8:33-34a ESV).
My God, please rest me as I suffer, for I know You are indeed “for me” as Your cherished daughter.
Rest me in knowing Your grace to me, in Christ
Rest me in seeing Your continual blessings, every day.
Rest me in knowing those blessings are not earned rewards. They’re Your gracious gifts!
Rest me in knowing Your ongoing grace is transforming me to be more like Jesus, my beloved Savior.
Rest me in asking for You to “do” while also resting in what You are doing…rather than fixating on outcomes and timing.
Rest me in knowing that what You’re doing is far better than the “blessings” I may want You to give, given my limited human understanding.
Rest me…in knowing!
My faith has found a resting place,
from guilt my soul is freed;
I trust the ever-living One,
his wounds for me shall plead.
Rest me into hope in Christ, like Job
Though he slay me, I will hope in him (Job 13:15 ESV).
Jesus, You were truly slain, for me. You are within me by Your Spirit, Lord. No matter how hard things seem to become, You are always “for me!” You’re shepherding me, all the way home to Yourself. This is my sure hope!
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12 ESV)
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21 ESV).
Loving God, my Savior, You permitted Satan to attack Job because Satan wanted to prove You were not enough for Job! Satan snickered, “Remove God’s obvious blessings and see what happens!”
It’s the same exhausting spiritual warfare for us as we suffer, too. You know this is so hard and wearying.
So, stir my battle cry of “outbursted” hope as You did with Job, for You are my living hope, Jesus! Lord, I know!
Beloved, we are God’s children now,
and what we will be has not yet appeared;
but we know
that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is (1 Jn. 3:2 ESV)!
Rest me in knowing You are helping me fight suffering’s temptations
Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us (Rom. 8:34 ESV).
Jesus, how I need Your interceding prayers because Satan continues to tempt us all to sin with pride and unbelief. As the enemy did with Job, he tempts us to try to demand or declare into existence what we want or even accuse You of wrongdoing in our lives.
And, as with Job, these are matters for repentance.
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted…I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me…therefore I…repent in dust and ashes” (42:2-3, 5 ESV).
Jesus says, “Come to me, all who labor
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” (Mt. 11:28-29 ESV).
Enough for me that Jesus saves,
this ends my fear and doubt;
a sinful soul I come to him,
he’ll never cast me out.
Jesus says, “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out” (Jn. 6:37 ESV).
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we
have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace
in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God (Rom. 5:1-2 ESV)!
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places (Eph. 6:10-12 ESV).
Rest me, rest me into peace in knowing, as I suffer. In Your name of rest, my precious Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
Material adapted from Singing the Gospel to Job: Finding Hope in Suffering, Lauri A. Hogle, © 2022
Help me to sing a song of praise to You, my Lord
Sister in Christ, when we’re hurting, scared, discouraged, or frustrated, let’s battle Satan’s wearying temptations to sin. With our indwelling Holy Spirit’s help, we can continue to re-turn to the cross of Jesus and God’s abundant grace to us, to worship and adore God for who He is, and trust His good purposes and “for us” plans, because we love Him and He loves us. He showed us, on the cross!
For me, singing in personal worship is essential. So, every week, I make playlists to help me sing Christ’s hope into my own suffering. It’s the fight of our lives, and our Lord is helping us battle!
This week, let’s sing, “Lord, I know!” with songs that echo Scriptural truths as He answers our plea to “rest me.” And you know what? He will honor our desire to have hearts that sing:
“It is enough that Jesus died and that He died for me!”
To the praise of His glorious grace and wondrous love!
If you’d like to sing to our Redeemer and battle along with me, sign up here, and it will come to your email with my prayers as a suffering sister who is right beside you.
