Hebrews 4:8-11, They had to wait for it

Waiting for something we are looking forward to can be torcher for some. Jeremiah has been talking about going on vacation for a couple months now and at the time of writing this we are still a couple months away from family vacation time. He is excited to stay in a house other than his own and he just wants to go to the beach (which if you know me, you would know this is the last place I would chose to go for vacation). We must keep reminding him that he must be patient and wait for the right time to come when we can go on vacation, of course he doesn’t understand why we just can’t go now. The author of Hebrews reminds us all that we are truly blessed to not have to wait to enter God’s rest, Jesus made it immediately available to us now. The eternal rest that God promises is something to look forward to, but He also promises us rest in this life as well as the indwelling of the Holy Spirit provides peace beyond understanding. (Philippians 4:7)

The Jewish people of the Old Testament was a lot like Jeremiah wanting to go on vacation they were constantly looking forward for the peace and rest that the messiah would bring when he arrived. Those old testament saints lived their lives in expectation and anticipation of what we currently have, a personally relationship with the Son of God. We now live on the other side of the torn veil and we have direct access to the thrown of God through His Son Jesus. We also have the Holy Spirit of God taking up residency in our hearts so we don’t have to look forward to what they longed for, we can live in it now. We simply must choose to enter the rest of God and the author says that we should do so because we don’t want to follow the example of those in the old testament who chose instead to live in disobedience. God’s desire is that we all find His rest (2 Peter 3:9) but also gives us free will to choose whether we will do so or not. We hope you choose Jesus, TODAY.