Entering the Rest of God

UV 3640/10000 Entering the Rest of God Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late. Hebrews 4 v 1 The best of us cannot enter His rest, His promise of eternal life, except by grace. Our faith needs to meet God’s word half way for His promises to be fulfilled. His word needs to be received with faith, trust or belief. Man became restless first when he heard satan’s enticing voice and stopped believing in God’s word. We are restored to His rest when we believe in the Word of God or Jesus, the word made flesh. We fall short when we disbelieve and stray from His word and His will. His word is the green pasture, the still waters that David speaks of in the very first Psalm. When we believe in Jesus with our hearts and confess Him with our mouths, the restful presence of God envelops us, surrounds us, regardless of the circumstances. When we harden our hearts like Pharaoh, we suffer strife, we suffer the curses of disobedience. When our hearts are softened like that of a child who reposes trust and confidence in his earthly father, how much more will our Heavenly Father honour our faith! The alternative to trust and rest is the wrath or displeasure of God. When we trust in Jesus, we receive mercy for our failures of shortcomings and grace to succeed. Success is fulfilling God’s purpose for our lives. Six days we labour and the seventh day is set apart for our rest. Six days we practice the word and the seventh day we communicate or teach or preach it. The cycle of each week is a symbol of our toil or labour all our lives and then, we enter His rest or our labour is ended, our striving ceases and we enjoy the rewards of a life of faith. Our bodies are like clay pots containing the treasures of faith. The clay pot will break one day but the treasure will remain. Therefore, we need to keep filling our lives with the treasures of the word. At the end of life, we should not grieve that the pot has broken as it is destined to but we should grieve if we have not stored enough treasures of faith in it.