"Resting In Him"

"Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto Thee." (Psalms 51:13) If you thought I was going to have a part two for verse 12, you were right, but God led me in another direction. The joy that comes from being reconciled with God is enough to satisfy any want that we might have had, this is how we keep that joy abounding within us! Paul calls this "The Ministry of Reconciliation" in 2 Corinthians 5:18, and it is primarily the fruit of our being reconciled to God. But you might say, Where is the resting, because this sounds like work? Well, it is not a function or a task, if that is what you are thinking, it is a place where you are at; and because you are there, you want others to be there with you. God is all about reconciling the world unto Himself; that is what He wants more than anything else, is to have everyone turn and come to Him; but that is not going to happen, and He knows that, but He still holds out, waiting for that last sinner to answer His call. If you really think about it, this is actually a time of rest for God, because after that last sinner jumps on board, things are going to get quite busy on earth and in heaven. Besides that, there is nothing that we can do of ourselves to be reconciled to God, therefore, there is nothing that anyone else needs to do either; so there is really no work being done, except by God; we are only messengers that share about a place where others might come to, God is the one that will call them, and God is the one that will reconcile them onto Himself. So you see, it really is just about resting in Him; and in the process, we get to experience more and more of His joy... "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 2:17-21)