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The Big Rest
Filed Under Devotional
Now is not the time to rest. Sure, we can take a breather or unwind for a bit, but we can’t really rest in the Biblical sense. It’s not time to do that, yet.
I recently had an evening with very little sleep and even that bit was at an unusual hour. By the time I had passed the forty hour mark (with only about three hours of sleep in the middle), I was in desperate need of some rest. However, the hour was such that resting earlier would have meant missing my normal working hours. It would have meant missing a chance to get tasks done and move my projects forward. It turns out that it even may have meant missing a new opportunity as it germinated. I wanted rest, but it wasn’t time, yet.
Hebrews speaks of the rest God has promised:
“Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.” Hebrews 4:1-2
Just because you know of the promise, doesn’t mean you are a beneficiary. You must have made the decision to live by faith in Christ.
“For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.” Hebrews 4:8-10
The rest God promises has not been granted, yet. It is still to come. So, don’t get complacent and comfortable with a cheap substitute now. And, since we have not entered God’s rest, yet, then our work is not done, yet.
The good news is that real rest is promised and will come to those who believe. Don’t settle for something less.
It’s not time to rest, yet.