I would like to make Hebrews 4:3-5 the verses for today's short thoughts. In these passages we read, "For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, "As I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter My rest," although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. For He has thus said somewhere concerning the seventh day, "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; and again in this passage, "They shall not enter My rest."
It continues to be portrayed as a clear distinction between the two. God has provided rest for those who believe but rest is not found by the disobedient; those who do not believe God. We have the example of God Himself who "rested on the seventh day from all His works". We see that rest follows a finished work.
I find it interesting that God has even designed our bodies to speak of this spiritual truth. Following a physical work our bodies wish to rest. Fatigue can be had by those who do not allow their body to receive the rest they need. Oh how this is so in our relationship with the Lord. One who does not rest in the finished work of Christ will grow weary in his efforts to accomplish a work that could only be completed by Him. We may rest because He has rested from a work He has accomplished on our behalf. Through His abiding word and the collective voices of His children, those words uttered so many years ago are still proclaimed today; "It is finished". I feel compelled to close again with these words. May we honor Him by resting in Him.
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