Hebrews chapter 4 has been resonating with me these past few days. In fact, every day since Monday that I have opened my Bible to read the next chapter, I just go right back to chapter 4.
In short, it is impacting me to think about rest. Countless people have asked me lately if I have been resting well. This is a valid question considering all of the recent changes in my life...this is a completely different sermon, but resting in the LORD is not always the same as physically resting, though they may be one in the same sometimes.
This is what I find so intriguing: we focus on various things when we think about Heaven--ceaselessly worshiping our LORD, the place He has prepared for us, no more evil, no more tears, all of the saints that have gone before us, etc. And I think in this passage, Paul is speaking of one of the most significant promises that God makes to us about Heaven: we will be able to experience rest...I think it is far beyond our current comprehension and higher than any of our expectations.
"God's promise of entering His rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. For this Good News--that God has prepared this rest--has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn't share the faith of those who listened to God. For only we who believe can enter His rest." --Hebrews 4:1-3.
