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The rest of God is that state of being in which our will and God’s will are in agreement. It is worth every pain, every denial, every frustration, to attain to that rest.

The sermon this morning (6/27/2004) had to do with the "rest of God," mentioned in the fourth chapter of the Book of Hebrews.

The Jewish saints, to whom the Book of Hebrews was addressed, were seasoned Christians. They had been saved through the blood of the cross. They had been baptized in water. They had received the Holy Spirit. They had been persecuted, their property having been confiscated.

The writer of Hebrews warns them sternly that they are not to stop with these experiences but to press forward to the fullness of the rest of God.

The rest of God is that state of being in which our will and God's will are in total agreement.

In the fourth chapter, we are informed that all of God's works have been finished and we need only to find His will for our life. We are to rest with God because His works have been completed in His timeless vision. We are cautioned also that we are going to have to labor, to fight in order to enter this promised-land rest.

Our goal is to abide in Christ, nothing more nor less than this. But so many forces seek to remove our eyes from Christ, such as our love for the things of the world, the lusts and appetites of our flesh and spirit, and the personal ambitions of our soul.

Fretting is a major force that seeks to remove our eyes from our steadfast gaze at Christ. Today we read in the paper about much wickedness and perversity. As the writer of the seventy-third Psalm reminds us, we are upset when we see evil prospering as arrogant people vaunt themselves on every side. They have no fear of God They prosper while we, who are seeking to keep our heart pure, are dismayed and oppressed.

When we come before the Lord we discover that these wicked, perverse people are but a fantasy, a mist that soon shall be blown away. But we who seek to do God's will at every moment shall abide forever.

Don't let any force, within our outside of your personality, cause you to remove your eyes from Jesus. The world shall become more wicked, more perverse in the days to come, because it is time for the wheat and the tares to come to maturity. Jesus will take care of and provide for those who trust Him. Christ sits as King of the flood. "He holds the whole wide world in His hands."

Sunday evening was a continuation of the same topic, with an emphasis on our letting go of all that we are grasping so we might do God's will ever more perfectly. Right now, as I am writing, it is Monday morning. Now, this morning, is the time to pray that we are accurately reflecting God's thinking, words, and actions in all that we are and do; that we are overcoming the accuser of the brothers by the word of our Holy Spirit-guided-and-empowered testimony.

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