Rest In The Lord
“Take heed brethren lest there
be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the
living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called today;
lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”
Hebrews 3: 12, 13
Unbelief is evil, it is not of
God. When we believe not the word of God it is equivalent to
departing from the living God. God has said, “lo I am with you
always. I will never leave you nor forsake you.” If we refuse
this promise, it is the same as turning our back on God.
We need to encourage one another
daily to believe God. It is so easy, when we are alone in the world
to be deceived by Satan to believe his lies rather than the truth
of God. Therefore, we need to exhort one another daily lest we be
hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. If we would only learn to
believe and trust God in reality and not just in theory, we would
truly experience the peace of God which passes all human
understanding.
We are made to be partakers of
Christ. God wants us to be overwhelmed with peace and joy, but we
deprive ourselves, and cheat ourselves when we refuse to believe. To
enter into the rest of God for everything from salvation, to our
daily needs, is a tranquil harbor in which to winter; but most of us
are tossed to and fro on the stormy seas of life because we do not
enter into his rest because of unbelief.
“Let us therefore fear, lest a
promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should
seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as
well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not
being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have
believed do enter into rest, as he said, as I have sworn in my wrath,
if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished
from the foundations of the world.” Hebrews 4: 1,2,3
Rest in the Lord. Trust the
everlasting arms of God to hold you up, for underneath are the
everlasting arms. Believe the word of God, first of all for
salvation, then for all the other things that are needful and
desirable, as God has promised to give us freely all things that we
have need of: grace for living; grace for dying; food for the body,
as well as food for the soul. He gave us a house (our body) to live
in here on earth, and a mansion in which to dwell in heaven. He
came to earth that we might enjoy a more abundant life here on
earth, and eternal, everlasting life in the world to come.
Will not he who first of all gave
us his only begotten son to die for us, give us through him all
things that are good and wonderful? We have all these precious
promises of God given to us, but unless we mix these words with faith
to believe, they profit us nothing. Be a believer. Believe not every
doctrine that comes along, but believe the word of God, for the word
of God has been tried and tested throughout the ages. It has been
tried in the fire of controversy and has come forth as pure gold. By
mixing the word of God with faith, the word becomes profitable to us,
and by faith and believing we enter into God's eternal life and enjoy
the wonderful bliss that no other creature can know - that of
complete confidence and rest in the knowledge of the love of God for
us.
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