The Promise of God's Rest

Do you ever just get so tired of searching for what is real in this world and what the truth of the matter really is?

Dose God really know me and care about how I live?

Does He have a plan for my life even though I continue to sin?

How can He use me after all that I have done and my rejection of His will?

You should memorize 1 John 1:7. "The blood of Jesus, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin.".  In the Greek, this means you are always being cleansed.  The cleansing is not a promise for the future, but a reality in the present.  Let a spot of filth land on the heat of God's child and the filth is wiped away.  If you are full of guilt and shame, run to Jesus and from the basin of His grace, He scoops a hand full of mercy and you are clean once more.  And what is amazing, you and I can do the same; because He lives in us and has forgiven us, we can forgive others.

When you became a Christian you entered into the rest of His comfort and assurance.  Since then make sure you know the promise of His rest and be carful you have not fallen short of it.  It must have been combined with faith and obedience before you could ever enter in.  Instead you are probably floundering around trying to figure things out on your own and that can be terrifying.

The word of God is living and active.  Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates dividing soul, spirit, joints, and marrow; it judges the thought and attitudes of the heart.  Nothing in all of creation is hidden from God's sight, but everything about you is uncovered and lay bare before the eyes of Him that you must give account.

Allow yourself to approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that you may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Are you tired and run down from chasing after the things of this world?  The more you chase, the more frustrating your life will become.  Run to Jesus and profess to Him by faith that you need God's grace to fall down like rain and to enter into:

"The Promise of God's Rest".

Trust in the holy Lamb of God and seek His kingdom first, and all these things will be added unto you by His grace and outrageous love for you.

Max Lucado  Chris Rice  Hebrews 4  Chris Mullins  MercyMe