The Way to Rest

Today's reading: Hebrews 4:1-16

'Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.' - Hebrews 4:11-12 ESV

In this chapter, we see the writer comparing those who wandered in the wilderness for forty years and us today. For them, it was really only an 11-day journey, yet they refused to obey; thus, they forfeited their rest from God in Canaan. Their "bodies fell" in that wilderness.

Obedience to God, though, is no small thing. It is essentially the act of letting God's word do what it does best, which is cutting us to our deepest part. Until we see just how much we need Jesus, we will never seek Him.

Cutting doesn't seem pleasant, and no form of surgery is, but God longs for us to be in heaven with Him for eternity. May we, every day, allow Jesus to show us how much we need His salvation. This will not be comfortable, but we will "find grace to help us in our time of need," both now and for eternity.