8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. - Hebrews 4:8-10
Dear Heavenly Father,
Who would have thought that the Sabbath Day commandment was connected not just to the rest you had on the seventh day after creation but also to the rest your Son gives us from work righteousness, denial, blame, projection and excuses that we make because of our sins. You rested from your work of creation because, in love, you had finished making us a perfect world. You rested from your anger over sin when your son said "It is Finished." Now we can rest from trying to make this a heaven on earth. We can rest from trying to earn your favor. We can rest from trying to fix every broken relationship. We can rest in the promise that now we are restored to you, we will also get to live in a restored world in the next life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, for the rest we have in grace. I have entered this rest.
Amen
Pastor Don Patterson
Augustine said it best, "We find no rest until we find our rest in God."
Additional Reading: Genesis 2:1-2, Exodus 20:8-11, Colossians 2:13-19