Hebrews 4: 10 – 11 [KJV]
10 For he that is entered into that rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unblief.
There’s no work to be done again as regarding salvation, all have been successfully finished by Christ Jesus. The battles have been won. The devil has been defeated. Everything Jesus did was done alongside the believer and also in the believer.
The believer was tortured with Him, crucified with Him, died with Him, buried with Him, raised together with Him, ascended with Him and seated on the right hand of the Father with Him.
The Christian life is void of stress. Stress is under the curse and Jesus had been made a curse for us so that we might be blessed with all spiritual blessing in heavenly places. We are not in a struggle to be forgiven, to be healed or prosperous; they are a present day reality in the believer.
We have been forgiven of all sins (Ephesians 1: 3, 1:7), we have been healed and have become recipients of divine health in Christ (2 Peter 2: 23).
If there’s any labour or work left for us today, such is to labour to enter into his rest, into the realities of all that Christ accomplished for us. To get ourselves wrapped up in what has already been done, to live in the full awareness of the fact that “the work is finished and complete” and to rely and trust in work done.
We are to sit where He sits in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers (Ephesians 1: 20, 2: 6).
God cannot work on your behalf when you are being knocked down by worries and anxieties. Once you plunge into His rest, then he takes over your work and do them for you.
But Pastor Ransome, I have bills piled up and I can barely sleep or eat. You do not need to lose your sleep or appetite. The Bible says He giveth his beloved good sleep (Psalm 127: 2).
It is time to take all your worries off, rejoice and rest because while you’re trusting Him; all bills will be paid and you will more than enough.
Rest in the fact that you’re one with divinity; Rest in the fact that whatever matters to you matters to God. Rest in the fact that all your sins have been forgiven – past, present and future; rest in the fact that God’s got your back always.
Rest in that reality that you cannot be defeated, rejected, sick or broke another day in your life. Rest in His finished works for you. That’s your reality in Christ Jesus. We Are In The Days Of His Rest
DECLARATION
I believe everything Christ had done for me and granted me. I live it out and I bless my world with it. I rejoice and I rest in the finished works all day long. Glory to God!
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
2 Corinthians 2: 14; Romans 8: 1 – 2
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