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Winning the Descent

Louie Giglio

7 Days

Celebrate Rest + Delay Big Decisions

Day 4

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On day four, we are given permission to do nothing. It is extremely important to create space to take some time and recalibrate. Find out why rest is necessary to fully recover. After you've just leveraged all the faith you had in God, it is not the time to make a big life decision. Today, Louie Giglio explains why.

Summary

Celebrate Rest.

Instead of jumping right into the next big thing, it is imperative to embrace a time of doing nothing. Isaiah 30:15 says, "This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it."

God was telling His people to rest, and they were refusing. It was to their detriment. God calls us to rest. There is a time for everything, a time to work, and also to sit back for a bit.

Celebrate rest. Create space and give everyone grace. Do absolutely nothing so you can rest and recoup emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. One comp won’t cut it. No, this takes time. The time needed is directly correlated to the size of the summit.

Delay Big Decisions.

After you work so hard and complete something massive, you are not in the position to take on a massive life change. So, if you can, delay big life decisions. Let the rest happen, let the recalibration happen, let your heart refill to full, let your emotions balance, let your spirit recover, and then, when you have clarity, you can ask God what the next step is.

You will eventually be in the position of a clear and sober mind, with a healthy perspective and Godly counsel that will help you navigate the waters of a big life decision, but you have to give time for the dust to settle and the smoke to clear so that you can see clearly and understand fully all that is involved with that decision.

Psalm 37:7 says to be still before the Lord and wait patiently on Him. By doing this, you are giving room for recovery.

What's Next?

Remember, rest is a gift from God that gives us the ability to recoup physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

Read Isaiah 30:15. What is God commanding? Why? What was the response of His people?
Have you ever taken time to recover? Do you find it hard not to fill your time? Is it hard to give yourself permission to celebrate rest?
What do you consider a big life decision? Have you ever made any of them on the backside of a mountain? Why do we need to be cautious about this?
What is the instruction found in Psalm 37:7? How does this breathing room for everything to settle before you make a big life-altering decision?

Scripture References

11I will remember the deeds of the

Lord

;

yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.

12I will consider all your works

and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

1I will sing of the

Lord

’s great love forever;

with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known

through all generations.

2I will declare that your love stands firm forever,

that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

3You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,

I have sworn to David my servant,

4‘I will establish your line forever

and make your throne firm through all generations.’ ”

5The heavens praise your wonders,

Lord

your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

6For who in the skies above can compare with the

Lord

Who is like the

Lord

among the heavenly beings?

7In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;

he is more awesome than all who surround him.

8Who is like you,

Lord

God Almighty?

You,

Lord

, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

9You rule over the surging sea;

when its waves mount up, you still them.

10You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;

with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

11The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;

you founded the world and all that is in it.

12You created the north and the south;

Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

13Your arm is endowed with power;

your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;

love and faithfulness go before you.

15Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,

who walk in the light of your presence,

Lord

16They rejoice in your name all day long;

they celebrate your righteousness.

17For you are their glory and strength,

and by your favor you exalt our horn.

18Indeed, our shield belongs to the

Lord

our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19Once you spoke in a vision,

to your faithful people you said:

“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;

I have raised up a young man from among the people.

20I have found David my servant;

with my sacred oil I have anointed him.

21My hand will sustain him;

surely my arm will strengthen him.

22The enemy will not get the better of him;

the wicked will not oppress him.

23I will crush his foes before him

and strike down his adversaries.

24My faithful love will be with him,

and through my name his horn will be exalted.

25I will set his hand over the sea,

his right hand over the rivers.

26He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,

my God, the Rock my Savior.’

27And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,

the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

28I will maintain my love to him forever,

and my covenant with him will never fail.

29I will establish his line forever,

his throne as long as the heavens endure.

30“If his sons forsake my law

and do not follow my statutes,

31if they violate my decrees

and fail to keep my commands,

32I will punish their sin with the rod,

their iniquity with flogging;

33but I will not take my love from him,

nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

34I will not violate my covenant

or alter what my lips have uttered.

35Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—

and I will not lie to David—

36that his line will continue forever

and his throne endure before me like the sun;

37it will be established forever like the moon,

the faithful witness in the sky.”

1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

3The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

4Jesus answered,

“It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’

”

5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

6“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

“ ‘He will command his angels concerning you,

and they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

7Jesus answered him,

“It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’

”

8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

9“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

10Jesus said to him,

“Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’

”

11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

1Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

3With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

4so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

5In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.

6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.

7But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

8Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

10And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.

11Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

12When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.

13But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

7Be still before the

Lord

and wait patiently for him;

do not fret when people succeed in their ways,

when they carry out their wicked schemes.

16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

3I thank my God every time I remember you.

4In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy

3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

11The

Lord

would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

11From the east I summon a bird of prey;

from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.

What I have said, that I will bring about;

what I have planned, that I will do.

Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.