Hebrews 4:10–11…he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us, therefore, be diligent to enter that rest...
A baby learns to sit before he starts to stand and walk. The Christian life also begins with sitting. God “raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:6). How well we walk after that depends on how well we sit and rest in the finished work of Christ.
The Promised Land was a place of rest where God promised Israel large and magnificent cities that they did not have to build, houses full of good things, which Israel did not fill, wells which Israel did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which Israel did not plant (Deuteronomy 6:10–11).
But for 40 years, Israel wandered in the wilderness because they refused to trust that God was giving them a land where everything had been prepared — the work was finished. They could not enter into that place of rest that God had given them because their eyes were fixed on the giants inhabiting the land and not God (Numbers 13:33).
Today, there are Believers who still cannot rest in the knowledge that the work of Jesus is truly complete and finished. They are trying to complete a completed work, finish a finished work and defeat a defeated devil.
There are Believers today who are always working and trying to produce their healing, success, and victory. God wants us to stop trying and to start trusting in His willingness to provide for us. He wants us to stop working and struggling, and start resting and believing in His grace.
So today, God says: “if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts… be diligent to enter that rest” (Hebrews 4:7,11).
The only “work” left for us to do today is to enter His rest. We are to rest inwardly and believe that the work is done because it is a finished work, and trust in God’s undeserved and unearned favor toward us.
Let's rest in Jesus, who completed the work for us and will carry us through all the trials of life.