One of the expressions of our faith that tells the world we are followers of Jesus Christ is our ability to rest in the midst of turmoil.

Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). Finding that rest requires movement on our part. We need to unload our spiritual and emotional burdens and move away from those things we were never meant to carry.

The choice to move toward a place of rest, unburdened by unnecessary weight, will produce the by-product of rest – peace. Only by learning how to rest is peace possible.