Entering God's Rest (Heb. 4:3)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 01-27-03

 

My Worship Time                                                                  Focus:  Entering God’s rest

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  Hebrews 4:3

 

            1.  Message of the verse:  “For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: ‘So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’ although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.”  (NKJV)  “For only we who believe can enter His place of rest.  As for those who didn’t believe God said, ‘In My anger I made a vow:  They will never enter my place of rest,’ even though His place of rest has been ready since He made the world.”  (NLT)

            As stated in the last spiritual diary it takes faith to enter into God’s rest whichever rest that is describes still takes faith.  It takes faith to enter into the rest of salvation and it takes faith to enter the rest of walking with the Lord in His power.  God has finished the rest from the foundation of the world.  God had purposed this rest in eternity past just like the rest when He had finished creating the world.

 

Spiritual meaning for my life today:  It takes faith in the Lord to enter this rest and faith must also have actions or works on our part to be able to enter this rest.  Just like it would have taken the children of Israel to walk into the Promised Land in order to enter that rest, whenever God has something for me to do I must begin to do it and then trust the Lord to see me through doing it by His power and strength.

 

The Word of God was refreshing to me today and it was also convicting.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  To trust the Lord to get me through the things that He would have me to do today whatever they may be.

 

Memory verse for the week:  Philippians 2:5

 

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.