This is the Psalm that the writer of Hebrews references in Hebrews 4:3. What is the rest of which God speaks? It is the rest that comes from working to pursue our purpose, the rest these Israelites never knew because they were not allowed to enter the Promise Land and work to secure the nation that would give the world our Savior! It is hard to think of rest in connection with work, until we realize that the rest of our physical bodies is not the only sort of rest we were created to have. Hebrews 4 gives us four kinds of rest: Paternal Rest, Purpose Rest, Physical Rest, and Perpetual Rest.
Paternal is the rest that comes from being reconciled to God through Jesus, Purpose through using our energy and talents to build His Kingdom on earth, Physical by practicing a weekly Sabbath, and Perpetual by heading the call of Colossians 3:1 and being heavenly minded, living in light of the eternity that awaits us! With all four, we are WELL rested!!
Pastor Fred
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