On Sunday night I didn’t get the rest I needed after a long day. You would think I would have rested extremely well considering I had been up since 5 am and didn’t  really stop until 14 hours later, about an hour before I went to bed Sunday night. But I didn’t rest well at all. Why was that? I know why . . . I had spent the entire day, going from one task to another, multitasking just to stay on top of what I needed to do to get through the busiest single day of the year for me. When it came time for me to shut down for the night, I couldn’t find the rest I needed. Thankfully, I have slept extremely well the rest of the week. 

Our text this Sunday, Hebrews 3 & 4 talks about the need for rest; spiritual rest.  Spiritual rest comes when the believer stops their self-efforts of righteousness and rests in the finished work of Christ. The writer of Hebrews issues a warning that if we fail to hear and obey the Word of God, we will miss this rest. In place of this spiritual rest, people strive in their own self effort, trying to gain for themselves what only God can provide for them. Self-effort is part of our fallen condition and is very hard to completely abandon. What can be done to find a better rest?

Hebrews 4:12-16 provides the path to finding true and lasting rest. It begins with letting the Word of God do spiritual surgery on us that allows God to perform the needed healing. Join me this Sunday to see the powerful effect reading the Word of God can have on your life, and the rest you will find.