“Our rest is not on this earth, but in the presence of God.”
“There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.” - Hebrews 4:9-10
We are all laboring towards that rest that God has prepared for us. We have been toiling and working hard to make ends meet from day to day, month to month, year to year, for decades and centuries and we have not attained a satisfactory rest on this earth. That is because the earth demands more to be done. The principle is that we have to work to survive.
But there is an ultimate rest that is coming. We are going to possess that rest in God, devoid of all interruptions and distractions. Are we looking forward to it?
We have to be diligent to enter that rest though (vs 11) since there are many who fall due to disobedience. There are many who ignore the ‘Rest of God’ and go after the pleasures of this earth. There are many who deny the existence of God and His care for His children in their words and deeds.
Let us focus on that voice of God calling us to His rest. And let us not ‘harden or hearts’.