Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
Hebrew 4:1-3 (NKJV)
Not all the Israelites that made it out of the land of Egypt made it to the promise land. They heard and received the same word as others did, but they chose disobedience and slacked in mixing faith with God’s spoken promises. As a result, they knew no peace; neither could they enter their rest. Life simply overwhelmed them until they were completely wasted.
For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest,”…
Hebrew 4:3 (NKJV)
Do you still nurse any doubt over His ‘yet to be fulfilled’ promise? Does the presence of a ‘prolonged waiting’ period cause you to wonder if it will ever come to pass? As He the Lord has spoken, to disbelieve His word is to doubt and disobey Him. His word in our lives must be thoroughly mixed with our faith and works to be most effective. When you have a good mix of the word, faith and works, you can see beyond your present and what you see (the possibilities that are invisible to the human eye) is what will enable you to enter and experience His peace, because faithful is He who will also do it. Got the right mix?
Be Encouraged,
Afolabi
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