Day2
Week4
Hebrews4
“Those who first heard the good news of deliverance failed to enter into that realm of faith’s rest because of their unbelieving hearts. Yet the fact remains that we still have the opportunity to enter into the faith-rest life and experience the fulfillment of the promise! For God still has ordained a day for us to enter into called “Today.” For it was long afterwards that God repeated it in David’s words, “If only today you would listen to his voice and do not harden your hearts!””
Hebrews 4:6-7 TPT
Cross references
Hebrews3:18-19;
Psalm 95:7-8;
Hebrews 3:7-8
Today’s Rest
Do we really believe God is who He says He is?
Do we believe that He is good, powerful, wise, and loving towards us individually?
Do we take everything we see about who He is in the Bible, and accept that He is those things to us as well?
Today’s rest can only be found when we can confidently answer yes to those questions.
Today’s rest is evident when we are fully persuaded of the following personal truth:
I am fully accepted by God on the merits of Christ Jesus alone and I come to Him through His grace.
How does this truth play out in our daily lives?
Do we live confident that nothing we do or say can make us more or less acceptable to God, or do we live in fear that we will not be acceptable to Him if we don’t do well enough to stay on His “good side”?
Do we truly live in a way that evidences our belief that what Jesus Christ did for us was enough?
Or are we working hard to make ourselves good enough for God?
An old hymn, “My Faith Has Found A Resting Place”, speaks of the simple rest that comes from being convinced of this truth.
It says this: “My faith has found a resting place, not in device or creed. I trust the ever-living One, His wounds for me shall plead. I need no other argument, I need no other plea, It is enough that Jesus died, and that He died for me.”
Action Step
Today’s rest is available for you.
Take a few minutes and listen to the hymn from above by clicking the link.
Allow Jesus to develop your confidence in His love for you.
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