Surrendered Rest

Today's sermon was about Rest. I didn't make any notes so I can't remember the details of what was preached, but roughtly Ps Lee Choo mentioned that there are 3 types of rest:
1. Salvation Rest
2. Surrendered Rest
3. Sabbath Rest

Salvation Rest is the rest that we entered into when we believed in Christ.

Surrendered Rest is the rest that enters into us when we have faith in God's word and promises. This also means surrendering our selfs and judging between the promises of sins and the promises of God. She also mentioned that when are action are not in-tune with our believes, we will be restless. When we do something which we know is against our core believe we will have no rest.

Before starting work with BASF I was still restless thinking of trying to ask for a support letter to get rid of my jpa bond. I was also reminded how I was restless sending my resumes to a few Korean companies few weeks ago after chatting with my friend who's also working there. But after I decided to just wait and let God make the decision I sort of found the peace that I was lacking for the past few weeks.

I'm reminded of the analogy of how we as Christians always like to fill in the check or agreement and ask God to sign it, rather than signing it and asking God to fill it with whatever he wants.

I still think that getting rid of the jpa bond isn't that hard. But I might feel guilty years later own, because I don't fully know what God's plan is. I got rid of the bond base on my own decision and action.

However if I wait for the outcome from God, I'll have peace knowing that it's not something I chose for myself but something God wanted me to do. And in being sure that I'm walking in accordance with His will I'll can find comfort and claim His promises when I face trials and difficulties.