SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 01-31-03
My
Worship Time Focus: We can still get the “Rest”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 4:8-9
1. Message of the verse: “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.” (NKJV) “This new place of rest was not the land of
Canaan, where Joshua led them. If it had
been, God would not have spoken about another day of rest. So there is a special rest still waiting for
the people of God.” (NLT) Or Sabbath rest “1) a keeping Sabbath; 2) The blessed rest
from toils and troubles looked for in the age to come by the true worshippers
of God and true Christians.” (Strong’s) The word in verse 8 for rest is different
than the word for rest in verse 9.
Strong’s definition for rest in verse eight is as follows; “1) to make
quiet, to cause to be at rest, to grant rest; 1a) to lead to a quiet abode; 1b)
to still, restrain, to cause (one striving to do something) to desist; 2) to
rest, take rest”
I do
believe that as I read the verses in the NLT that they do bring out what these
verses mean in a way that is understandable.
The people of Israel did not obtain the rest that God was speaking
about, however that rest is still available to people today. The salvation rest and also the submission
rest is still available for believers today.
I believe that the Sabbath rest spoken of in verse is salvation rest.
The Word of God was challenging to my heart today as I read
and studied it.
My Steps
of Faith Today: I do believe
that the Lord is impressing on my heart that I am not to always, if ever, be
the one who solves the problems of my wife, but I am to support her and listen
to her, and then help if she asks me to do so.
I need to trust the Lord to work this out in my life.
Memory verse for the week:
Philippians 2:5
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.
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