“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength…” — Isaiah 30:15
I used to think that if I just tried harder… I could fix it all.
Fix my mistakes.
Fix my image.
Fix the heavy, nameless ache I carried everywhere I went.
So I performed.
Pushed.
Pretended.
And at the end of it all — I was still empty.
I remember nights of drinking like it would erase the guilt.
Nights of laughing loud just to drown the silence inside.
I believed if I looked successful on the outside, the inside would eventually follow.
But it didn’t.
And one day I broke — not because I was weak, but because I was tired.
Tired of performing.
Tired of pretending.
Tired of carrying a weight I was never built to hold.
Then I read this verse — and it wrecked me:
“In repentance and rest is your salvation…”
Not performance.
Not hustle.
Not pushing harder.
Repentance. Rest. Quiet trust.
The world says, “Try harder.”
God says, “Come home.”
What this verse is really saying.
God isn’t asking you to fix yourself.
He’s not waiting for you to impress Him.
He’s not mad that you’re exhausted — He’s trying to meet you in it.
Repentance doesn’t mean shame.
It means turning around.
It means letting go of the grind and finally trusting the One who already won.
3 Things That Helped Me (And Might Help You):
1. Sit with God before the world sits with you.
Start your mornings in stillness — not scrolling. Not striving. Just being with Him.
2. Don’t confuse movement with meaning.
Not every opportunity is God-sent. Sometimes obedience looks like rest.
3. Say this out loud: “I’m not enough without Jesus.”
It might feel weak. But it’s the most freeing truth you’ll ever speak.