Now we who have believed enter that rest.

Hebrews 4:3

A few years ago, I wrote a book containing 365 meditations on the book of Hebrews.  It was a blessing to write it and blessed many who have read it and still do.  When writing it, I recall how overcome I was with idea of one of God’s greatest gifts to us who believe, rest!  Today that is even more real and a gift that is just too good to believe, except God has provided us with it, rest.  The writer of the Book of Hebrews exalts in it.

I wrote that book when I was in full health.  Today as I am aging, I am learning all over again, it seems, the blessing God provides for me and all who believe, REST.  It is a gift that I have not thought too much about, but a wonderful gift it is!  In the blizzard of changes that I am going through these days, physical, emotional and even spiritual, that rest is tested.  Praise God, I do believe I am at rest!  As we sing, I am resting on the everlasting arms.  For one thing, I have nothing else to rely on.  But that is not a bane but a blessing.  It is what we learn in our life with God, to embrace HIS REST.  When all fails, my rest in God does not fail or disappoint, it is forever.

I begin this 2019 resting.  Lord, grant me daily rest, undeserved but much appreciated.