My Faith Has Found a Resting Place

When Job suffered, he assured his unwelcome counselors “Still I will trust in the Lord.”

When David found sleep elusive, pursued by enemies, he prayed to God, “Say to my soul, ‘I am your deliverance.‘”

When Paul sought deliverance from his thorn in the flesh, God replied, “My grace is sufficient for thee.”

These men knew the inestimable power of resting in God alone. Though pastors may tempt us to place confidence in our own knowledge of doctrine, in our diligence or enthusiasm, none if these human efforts is nearly trustworthy. Only Jesus Christ is a sure resting place.

Friend, Jesus loves you. Creed and device can’t bear up your soul. But He has absolute authority to carry you through. How the hymn writer knew this.

My faith has found a resting place
Not in device nor creed.
I trust the ever living one;
His wounds for me shall plead.
I need no other argument,
I need no other plea,
It is enough that Jesus died,
And that he died for me.

I love this song just the way it is sung from the hymn book, stout and square, preferably by a men’s Bible study group. The words are superlative and bear reflection.

But for my offertory version, I play it quite somberly. That picks up on the resting, confident nature of the hymn. It is somber not in the sense of sadness, but in the absolute, life long, all encompassing confidence one may place in Jesus Christ.