Who has ever heard of a person being asked to “labor” in order to enter a place of “rest?”  Which is it?  Do I work or do I rest? LOL!  Seems kind of odd to me.  However, since God says what He means and means what He says, then guess what?...I am laboring for only one thing! To enter that place of “Rest”!

The Holy Spirit through the writer of Hebrews makes the following statement:

Heb 4:10  For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Heb 4:11  Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.  

I love what verse 9 of this same chapters says: 

Heb 4:9  There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 

Notice how the King James Version (KJV) records this very clearly:

There is a rest “to” the people of God!  Not only is there a rest for us.  But, we have more than that. We have an ongoing promise of a rest that is “sent to us.”

This is true both now and for all eternity!  Divine rest gets deeper and more real the closer we come to having pure fellowship with Jesus, the Christ.  The ultimate time of rest will come when we get to heaven. However, to find that place of progressive rest starting today comes with drawing nearer and nearer to the Lord every moment of our lives!

Let me encourage you today to make it your business to labor (work hard) to enter into that place of rest.  I like to call it a place called grace!  May you discover it in a greater way starting this very day!  The day that the world considers “Labor Day”!  Yeah, we’re gonna labor all right!  We are going to labor to discover the glorious place of rest in Jesus! 

Have a joy-filled day!  Take the time to Laugh OUT Loud with friends today!!!   That is my prayer. 

Enjoying Jesus,

 -Pastor Terry