God's REST

HEB. 4:10 (Amplified) For he who has entered into God's rest has also ceased from the weariness and pain of human labor, just as God rested from His own works. 11. Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest.

In the beginning, God made everything and then on the seventh day, He rested from all His works. In like manner, Jesus spoke about giving rest to the heavy laden and here again, in this verse, we hear about entering the Rest of God. Here is the bottom line, WE NEED THE REST OF GOD. If we continue to work outside of the grace of God given to us through the Holy Spirit, we will only burn ourselves out but when we make the goal of our labor to enter into God's rest, it becomes easy to begin to bare fruit.

When God saw the state of humanity and saw fit to send Jesus, what He saw was that people desired to do good but were unable to because the bridge was broken. Therefore, it didn't matter how hard the human race tried to be good, they would always fall short - NEVER BE PERFECT. When Christ came and repaired the bridge, He gave us the opportunity to work in the right direction, the opportunity to NOT work AMISS but to work with a focus. The focus is to enter God's rest.

Therefore, my mind frame when it comes to the things of God should not be to have an appearance of perfection but to BE perfect and out of the abundance of who i am, produce like-fruit. My focus should be to enter the REST of God so that i can not only know but also be, say and act like He wants me to. I should not be striving to be good but PRESSING INTO GOD'S REST. This was His plan from the beginning - to give REST to His people.

Today, i encourage and challenge you to follow the signs. Don't be driving toward Washington State when you should be going to New York and be expecting to see Ohio on your way. Stop driving South while expecting to see Northern culture there. Let your work be toward God's Rest so that you can begin to experience His LOVE in a newer dimension!