🏳️‍🌈✝️ It’s Time to Rest.

The Apostolic Faith Church

01/22/2018

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There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. – Hebrews 4:9-11

 

One evening, my husband enthusiastically went into our kitchen and proceeded to sweep the floor. Not knowing what else he was planning to do, I went to bed. The following morning, when I came into the kitchen, I saw the mop and bucket sitting in the corner. I realized then that he had mopped the floor—which I had also done just recently. I wondered why he did not ask me first or notice for himself that I had already mopped. I was not upset, since he was obviously trying to do a good thing, but it was unfortunate that he labored over a task that had already been done. He could have spent the time resting instead, and the outcome would have been the same. 

 

How many times do we as Christians do the same thing—laboring over something needlessly? This is exactly what happens when we try to accomplish things that God has already promised to do for us. For example, if God has given us a calling that we feel is beyond our abilities, do we stress and fret about how it will ever be done, and be done well? Instead of struggling with it, all we need to remember is that God’s callings are His enablings: “My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). At other times, we may labor over trying to make ends meet when God has already promised to supply all our need (Philippians 4:19). Or we might be laboring over an important decision when God has said He will direct our paths (Proverbs 3:6).

 

What else could we be doing for the Lord if we did not spend time trying to accomplish on our own what God has already promised? We could be resting! There is a rest that God wants us to enter into. After we pray and believe, we can rest in God’s Word and trust that He will do His part. Our Christian walk will be much easier if we do not labor for things that God has already done!