A    HORSE   NAMED   PENNY,   AND   RESTING    IN   JESUS!!!!!


When I was a young boy,  (NO there were no dinosaurs around at that time!); I had a horse.

The horse's name was "Penny"---because she was the color of an old copper penny coin.

During the summers, I would ride Penny almost every day!  Penny was a very gentle, and a very dependable  horse.

In truth,  most of the time that I was on Penny's back... I  RESTED.  (I rode her without a saddle---it was called riding "bareback".  I would ride her up into the grass of the yard around our house.

When we got up into the grassy area of our yard, I would just drop the reins on the ground, and while Penny ate grass.....I would stretch out on her back, and take a nap!

Penny never walked away from our yard, and she never caused me to fall off, nor caused me to  get injured, nor even be afraid.

This story is not just my recollection.....My Mother confirmed this to me after I became an adult.


"Cast all your cares, concerns, all your anxieties and fears on Him (Jesus Christ!!), for He cares for you and He cares about you." (I Peter 5:7 Amplified Bible).

RESTING IN JESUS.

Psalm 23:2 "He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the resting and stilled waters."........To rest in JESUS CHRIST........the One who rides on the  WHITE  horse (Revelation 19:11, 16)

Matthew 11:29  Jesus Himself says : "Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest, relief, and ease...for My yoke is wholesome and good, gracious, and My burden is light." (Amplified Bible)

Now this sounds SIMPLE, but it is NOT easy!!!!!

In truth, it is not NATURAL to do that.

It is   SUPERNATURAL!!!!!  So we will have to ask, and trust, the Holy Spirit to guide and enable us to do that.....ask and trust Him every day........moment by moment!!!

We are not BIG, STRONG trucks.  We are not made to carry big loads, for long distances, nor for long times.

We are made to be more like "fork lifts"---to 'cast our cares on Him', rest  IN Him, and to "lift Jesus up in PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING"!!!!!!!!

Colossians 2:14  Jesus took our sins, and the "decrees and demands against us-----and nailed them to His cross."!!!

I have studied the Bible...and to the best I can find out---Jesus Christ's cross is now EMPTY!!!  Jesus is no longer on the cross, neither are our cares, burdens, sins, nor are the demands nor decrees that were against us.

"THE LAMB OF GOD TOOK THEM AWAY" (John 1:29)!!!!!!!

The empty cross points to the REST of the TRUTH---The  OCCUPIED throne---where Jesus Christ our High Priest SITS at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens."!!!!!!! (Hebrews 8:1)


Jesus is  HIMSELF  "our hope". (I Tim. 1:1/I Thessalonians 1:3)

So, we as individuals, and as His church, are to ask and trust the  HOLY SPIRIT  to guide and enable us
to:
1) Ride on, and rest IN Jesus Christ (He comes on a WHITE horse!!!).
2) Cast our cares on Him (He cares for us);
3) Lift up praises and thanksgiving to JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!
4) Declare that "Jesus is HIMSELF  our hope and our peace!!!" (I Timothy 1:1/Ephesians 2:14)

AMEN!!!!!!!             

"A B I D I N G      C O N T I N U O U S L Y!!!!!!!!"


Continuous:  uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent.

In John 19:28-30, Jesus Christ is on the cross, dying for your sins, and for my sins!!!

"After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished.....He said  'It is finished!!!'  And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.' "


"It is finished."  The Greek tense indicates that the worK of  REDEMPTION has been   COMPLETED once for all and its results are abiding continuously!!!

Almost everything in our lives -changes with time.

HOWEVER,  Jesus Christ  does  NOT  change with the passage of time.

Hebrews 13:8--- "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."


How Perfectly-Loving and Graciously Good  God our Father is---that Jesus Christ's work of redeeming us is  "FINISHED!"  and its results are  ABIDING CONTINUOUSLY!!!


In Ephesians 2:14 God's Word declares---
"He is  HIMSELF our peace."

And Jesus Christ HIMSELF declares---
"I am WITH YOU ALWAYS."  (Matthew 28:20)

We can continuously strengthen and reinforce these truths in our hearts throughout the day and night by frequently whispering:

"(Jesus) You are YOURSELF my peace, You are WITH ME ALWAYS.  THANK YOU!!!!!!!  PRAISE YOU!!!!!!!"

Come!!!  His kingdom, in our hearts,

Be done His will on earth as it is in Heaven!!!!!!!"

For the glory of JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!   
    
 AMEN