Our sins are paid for and God is not angry with you. Many believe the first part of that statement, but not the second part. God is not angry with you. Sometimes because we relate to God as a parental figure, we think that God gets upset with us like our parents would when we disappointed them. God doesn’t have anger toward you. We are enfolded into God’s family by a covenant of peace. In the Old Testament we see a picture of the covenant of peace that God wanted us to experience when we look at the Sabbath day, the Sabbath year, or the Year of Jubilee. God offered rest as a chance to start over. As people who live in a busy world, we need His rest now more than ever. So many people live with the impression that God is mad at them. Our God is a loving God who took all the sins, anger and rebellion of mankind and placed them on his son, so that the price could be paid for once and for all for the sins of the world. The Bible says it is the love of God that draws people to repentance. It was love that sent Jesus to the cross, to be our substitute, to be the supreme sacrifice so that we can become the righteousness of God in Christ. It is love that continues to bind us to the covenant of peace that God established. The effects of the covenant are perpetual. We receive the benefits from the time we come into salvation. God wants us to experience the peace of God that surpasses understanding. Peace comes where there is no turmoil. There is no turmoil in the presence of God. When we choose to dwell in the presence of God, we can experience that rest and peace that only God can give. It is permanent and perpetual and God provides it for our protection and our promotion! Enjoy the rest from God.