A Call to Rest in His Peace
Pastor Calvin Cook
November 19, 2025
Scripture: “For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you. — Isaiah 54:10 (NKJV)
It seems that we are in constant fight mode. I often say “nothing is easy”, speaking mainly about the things we encounter in our everyday lives. The things that keep us constantly armed for battle. I don’t know if you feel the same way, but it seems that everything in this world is a challenge.
Gail and I took a few days away a couple weeks ago. We spent these days just basically doing nothing other than the things we really wanted to do. We had very little cell phone connection or wifi accessibility. It was refreshing ! I had hoped to spend some time in preparation for the upcoming seasons in the churches along with reading some books I had put off to a better time. However, God had other plans, he called us to rest. To a sabbath rest, of resting just in the presence of God.
It seemed that our usual visits to places we usually go to was all about witnessing God and how God is moving. A man reading his Bible while selling popcorn. A shop keeper of antiques and stuff dedicating his profits to missionary work. A man sharing Bibles to be shared with someone else. Moments of seeing God in the ordinary and whispers of the Holy Spirit.
I felt a peace that the world cannot offer. A peace that does not depend on circumstances, timing, or the behavior of others. A peace that doesn’t get shaken when life does, that doesn’t disappear when storms rise, that doesn’t crumble when you feel tired, worn, or unsure.
Isaiah 54 has been calling us into that place and continues to speak loudly through the Prophets words of a covenant peace, made by God, that can only be secured in God. A peace that is always available if we accept it.
Many of us carry burdens we were never meant to hold — anxiety over things we really can’t control, regret over yesterday, pressure to prove ourselves, fear of failure, and exhaustion from trying to keep everything together.
But the voice of the Lord whispers into the chaos: Rest in My peace. I have you.
Resting in His peace is not giving up — it is letting go so God can take hold.
In Isaiah 54, the Lord promises that His peace will not be removed. Not when everything seems to be crumbling. Not when life feels uncertain. Not when your heart is tired. Not when anxiety is raging or when grief consumes us.
Why? Because the peace of God is eternal.
To rest in His peace means: surrendering your worries into His hands, breathing deeply in His presence, trusting what you cannot see, allowing grace to do what striving never could, remembering that when looking back and seeing only one set of footprints that you don’t carry yourself — He carries you.
Your soul was never meant to live in constant fight mode.
There is a Shepherd who invites you beside still waters (Psalm 23).
There is a Savior who gives peace the world cannot take (John 14:27).
I’m not sure where you are in your faith journey. But I desire that peace not just for a minute, a day, or a few days off every couple of months. I want to know that kind of peace always. It is there and all we have to do is claim it. When uncertainty and pain arise, making sure we are turning to the right thing.
May the Lord bless the hearing, understanding, and application of His word.
Prayer: Father, I lay down my anxieties, my striving, and my worries at Your feet. Teach me to rest in Your peace — the peace that does not move when life shakes. Quiet my mind, still my heart, and let Your presence be my refuge. Thank You for a peace that stays, restores, and holds me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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