For the last year I feel God has been preparing Nat and I to enter into a promise that he has given us. Many people know that we both have a huge heart for missions and we believe God will call us to serve in Africa one day again. However, I believe he has given us another calling. I don't know how it will coincide with missions, but somehow it will. We believe God has called us into the ministry of setting people free. Free from hurts and past pain that keep people from realizing their full potential. And as we all know running any kind of ministry costs money, sooo we have ventured into a "business plan" that we believe will do just that! But that's not to say we have not had a few frustrating moments that had us questioning was God truly going to come through for us. This morning I had one such moment in the car on the way to church. And as I lie in bed tonight dreams and visions are flooding my mind of all the things God wants to do in our lives. After an hour of not being able to fall asleep I roll over and open up my Joseph Prince bible study and read this!
Day 54
Your ‘Work’ Is To Enter His Rest
Hebrews 4:10–11
10… he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. 11Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest...
A baby learns to sit first before he starts to stand and walk. The Christian life also begins with sitting. God “raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus”. (Ephesians 2:6) How well we walk after that depends on how well we sit and rest in the finished work of Christ.
The promised land was a land of rest where God promised His people “large and beautiful cities which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant”. (Deuteronomy 6:10–11)
But for 40 years, God’s people wandered in the wilderness because they refused to believe that God had given them a land where everything had been prepared — the work was finished. They could not believe that God had given them a land full of good things to enjoy, a land that just flowed with His abundant supply.
Today, there are believers who still cannot believe that the work of Jesus is truly complete and finished. They are trying to complete a completed work, finish a finished work and defeat a defeated devil.
There are believers today who are always working and trying to produce their healing, success and victory. God wants us to stop trying and start trusting in His love for us. He wants us to stop working and struggling, and start resting and believing in His grace toward us.
The only “work” left for us to do today is to enter His rest. We are to labor every day to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God’s undeserved favor toward us. We are to rest in Jesus our true ark, who will carry us through tempestuous waters.
So today, “if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts… be diligent to enter that rest”. (Hebrews 4:7, 11) Let’s enter His rest. Let’s enjoy sitting together with Christ in the heavenly places, then we will run and not be weary! (Isaiah 40:31)
Are you trying to get out of debt? Are you believing for a better marriage? Are you trying to earn Gods love by doing good works? Are you trying to prove you are worthy enough to be loved? Are you working hard to earn that promotion? Are you trying to be a leader others can look up to? Are YOU trying to accomplish your dreams? Or are you RESTING in God and believing HIS promises? Because HE WILL COME THROUGH! Because. He. Loves. YOU.
Your ‘Work’ Is To Enter His Rest
Hebrews 4:10–11
10… he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. 11Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest...
A baby learns to sit first before he starts to stand and walk. The Christian life also begins with sitting. God “raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus”. (Ephesians 2:6) How well we walk after that depends on how well we sit and rest in the finished work of Christ.
The promised land was a land of rest where God promised His people “large and beautiful cities which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant”. (Deuteronomy 6:10–11)
But for 40 years, God’s people wandered in the wilderness because they refused to believe that God had given them a land where everything had been prepared — the work was finished. They could not believe that God had given them a land full of good things to enjoy, a land that just flowed with His abundant supply.
Today, there are believers who still cannot believe that the work of Jesus is truly complete and finished. They are trying to complete a completed work, finish a finished work and defeat a defeated devil.
There are believers today who are always working and trying to produce their healing, success and victory. God wants us to stop trying and start trusting in His love for us. He wants us to stop working and struggling, and start resting and believing in His grace toward us.
The only “work” left for us to do today is to enter His rest. We are to labor every day to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God’s undeserved favor toward us. We are to rest in Jesus our true ark, who will carry us through tempestuous waters.
So today, “if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts… be diligent to enter that rest”. (Hebrews 4:7, 11) Let’s enter His rest. Let’s enjoy sitting together with Christ in the heavenly places, then we will run and not be weary! (Isaiah 40:31)
Are you trying to get out of debt? Are you believing for a better marriage? Are you trying to earn Gods love by doing good works? Are you trying to prove you are worthy enough to be loved? Are you working hard to earn that promotion? Are you trying to be a leader others can look up to? Are YOU trying to accomplish your dreams? Or are you RESTING in God and believing HIS promises? Because HE WILL COME THROUGH! Because. He. Loves. YOU.
