Where Does God Rest?

Most of us would agree that the God that we serve is all seeing, all knowing, and all powerful. The logical conclusion of that understanding is that God never gets tired and never needs to rest. In fact Isaiah 40:28 confirms this:

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

Yet the scripture does speak of God as resting. After God spent six days creating the world, he rested on the seventh day (Genesis 2:2). Without going into the theological implications of why God might need to take a rest I would like to focus on WHERE God rested.

Isaiah 66:1 - Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

There was a time when David wanted to build a house for God but God said a house could not contain him. In the above verse the prophet tells us that when God wants to sit and rest, the whole of heaven is his throne. And as for his feet, the earth is his footstool! Can you imagine how great and powerful this God is! If it takes all of heaven to hold him, and he places his feet upon the earth like a footstool, is anything to hard for him? Just think, this is the God to whom we pray? A God so big and powerful can certainly handle any need that might arise in our lives. Aren't you glad to be serving a God like that? I am!

OUR GOD IS AWESOME!