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…’” Hebrews 4:3
REFERENCE
Hebrews 4:1-7
The year is just starting; God has given you a word for the year – promises of a great and bright future for you. The most vital thing you can do with the word God has given you for this season is to rest in it. How do you do that? By believing in the efficacy of the word and ceasing from all worry, anxiety and fear.
The writer of the book of Hebrews charged the children of Israel with fault; ‘they could not ‘enter’ into the land of promise because of their unbelief.’ So you see that unbelief is counter-productive and it only births fear and failure. For a believer, the blessedness of living in victory lies in their ability to believe the word of God.
Therefore, all I will say to you as a charge today is, “BELIEVE God’s word to you and rest in Him.” Psalm 127:2 says, “It is useless to work so hard for a living, getting up early and going to bed late. For the Lord provides for those he loves, while they are asleep.” (GNT) In other words, resting in God’s word, promise and power says to Him that you trust Him to do what He would do; that He can do without the arm of flesh to perform His counsels. He loves that, for nothing pleases Him more than to be believed, and nothing displeases Him more than to be disbelieved.
Your rest in Him moves Him to take over, then He makes sure your needs are abundantly supplied – remember that Adam had to be put to ‘sleep’ (had to be in a place of rest in God) before God could give Him his wife.
“All things are possible to them that believe!” (Mark 9:23). If you will labor at all this year, let it be to labor to enter into God’s rest.
ADDITIONAL STUDY
Psalm 127:1-2, John 20:27b & Isaiah 30:15a.
PRAYER POINT
Pray for strength in your inner man to keep you secure in your faith, give you peace of mind and rest for your soul.
13 Comments
Dave A. Voice
January 05, 2018, at 4:47 amI cease from worrying, from anxieties and from agitating over things I have no power to change. I rest in God and commit all my affairs to Him. I trust Him to establish that which He has committed into my hands. I enter into my SABBATH through God’s words, in the name of Jesus Christ – Amen!
Sapphire
January 06, 2018, at 7:23 amAmen🙏
Elizabeth Aginieyi Tyongi
January 05, 2018, at 5:29 amComment Help me oh lord to abide in your word so I can be rest secured in you in Jesus mighty name amen
Josephine Gideon
January 05, 2018, at 6:05 amI Believe in the efficacy of your word that I’m established for good. No fear or unbelief can counter that, I cease to look at the arm of flesh that always fails ,I rest in your everlasting Arm will which
will carry me till your counsel is performed in my life in Jesus Name Amen.
Ashi Dooshima
January 05, 2018, at 6:08 amAmen. I believe in you wholeheartedly my Lord.
Akanji Tunde
January 05, 2018, at 6:19 amAs I rest in His word, I will not labor much to be established in all the areas of my life in Jesus’ name. Amen!
Uduak
January 05, 2018, at 6:43 amI rest in His Word. I cease from agitation. That is my labor this year.
Sarah Johnson
January 05, 2018, at 7:06 amLord I need you. All that I do, I totally depend on you.
emem vyvienne ID
January 05, 2018, at 7:30 amHallelujah! I BELIEVE and so there shall be a performance of all the Lord has promised me through His Word this year. Amen
Helen
January 05, 2018, at 7:59 amAmen… I totally submit myself to your word O Lord, let it be a light unto my path.
Emeka Fred -Hilary Kanebi
January 05, 2018, at 8:20 amDoubt/Unbelief is disobedience.
Disobedience and faithlessness trumps my REST.
The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”
Mark 9:24 NLT
GOD help my Unbelief. I enter into YOUR rest.
#Godsrest
D.H.B.
January 05, 2018, at 9:23 am“It is useless to work so hard for a living, getting up early and going to bed late. For the Lord provides for those he loves, while they are asleep.” .Psalm 127:2 (GNT)
I am living right on the street of this scripture. No more striving for little or struggling to survive. No more anxiety to get what Jesus has already provided for me. This is my time of resting in the Goodness of God because while I work He rests, but while I rest He works for me…praise God!
Rose Philip
January 05, 2018, at 12:59 pmI rest in your word Lord no more fear no more doubt