"There remains therefore a rest to the people of God." (Hebrews 4:9)
Reading through the Bible quarterly is like listening to the same sermon and teaching over and over again. Yet some religious people just cannot live without what they call "a fresh word," the latest "prophetic revelation." It is a little disconcerting as to what all that may mean. I find in this one verse power for the day, a life sustenance-- "There remains therefore a rest to the people of God."
Our text reveals a blessed promise for, "people of God," yet what an illusive promise for so many. "Rest"-- the root Hebrew word means to "desist from exertion." Yet this is the mantra of so many church people. Their "work" in the Kingdom is nothing but "exertion," humming bird like, so much activity, so much busyness. Their church work wears them out, exhausts them (and others) and we eventually hear from them or about them----------- "burn out." Over the years I have heard much talk of "burn out" among Christians. Yet only, "wood, hay, straw," are burned up. "Gold, silver, precious stones," are not.
Hebrews 4:6 and 11 reveal that the reason people do not live in the, "rest of the people of God," is, "disobedience." If you and I work on our obedience, we will indeed enter that, "rest," which, "remains...to the people of God........"Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword...."
Father, in Jesus' Name, this is glorious, "labor." Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
