Hebrews 4.8-16

There is a Sabbath rest for the people of God, but we will only experience that rest when we walk by faith. We only experience that rest as we learn to trust God yet more and more in the moments of our life…as we seek His help in our time of need.

As believers, we are all called to rest, but we don’t all experience it. And I love this quote from DL Moody that Jared shared with me that relates to this. “There are three kinds of faith in Jesus Christ: struggling faith, which is like a man floundering and fearful in stormy, deep water; clinging faith, which is like a man hanging on to the side of a boat; and resting faith, which finds a man inside the boat-strong and secure enough to reach out his hand to help someone else.

Notice that each man had faith. Each knew that the boat was his only hope. But only one had a resting faith. Only one had discovered he could actually be in the boat-where all he had to do was rest. And that rest produces an obedience to reach out to help. 

This is the kind of faith God wants us to have-a faith that trusts Him totally. But sometimes we discover its reality only after we have endured a struggling or clinging faith that we come to a resting faith. Sometimes we only realize we can get in the boat when the storm rages, and we call out to God with new faith. Then our Savior graciously extends His hand and says, ‘Come to Me…and I will give you rest’ (Matthews 11.28).”

My prayer for each of us is that we discover for ourselves that resting faith.

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