Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 64, "There Is Rest", Page 298.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
PHOTO: I'm climbin' up the mountain, children;
Is it true? Must I keep climbing? Must I "make it" to the judgement day? Is there a rest for my weary effort? There is, God assures me.
Our Lord entered into rest when He finished the work of creation. He luxuriated in what He had accomplished and "rested." (Genesis 2:2) Every other creation day had a beginning and an end, but not the Sabbath. It is timeless, eternal. It "remains."
The Sabbath, of course, is but a symbol and therefore cannot be our final resting place. Even the rest of Canaan was not the finale, for that was a temporary, earthly rest. But God promised "another" day on which to rest, and so there "remains" a Sabbath for God's children. (Hebrews 4:8-9)
Where is that place of rest? Is it in heaven? Or earth? Both, I say. There is a final rest for our worn-out bodies and weary souls on ahead, but there is also rest in the here and now. "We who have believed enter [now] that rest." (Hebrews 4:3) Today is the day of rest. "Come to me," Jesus said, "and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28-30)
There is the rest of salvation: "It is finished" was His cry. I have nothing to do but I believe that my salvation is complete - nothing more. I can rest assured that God will guard my faith to the end. No one can touch me, for I am held in His hands.
There is the rest of sanctification: the One who began a good work in us will perfect it until the day of Christ. We can rest in His forgiveness and grace and know that He is at work to bring us to completeness in the end. When we see Him, we'll be just like Him, He assure us.
There is the rest of ministry and service. I am God's workmanship, created to do good works that He has prepared in advance for me. He knows the way through my world and the hazards I will encounter there. He knows my heartaches and the obstacles that must be surmounted each day. I can cease from anxious scheming and striving and rest in His sufficiency.
This is not passivity or quietism (abandonment). God rested from His labors on the seventh day but works today through Providence; Jesus rested in His finished work on the cross but lives to intercede for us.
No, this is not inactivity, but restful effort, relying on the work of God's omniscient (all-knowing), caring Son.
Thus in all things I must make every effort to enter that rest -
So, I say, "grow old along with me, the best is yet to be . . . "
Ain't got time for to stay.
Ain't nobody gonna turn me 'round,
Gonna make it to the judgement day.
Ain't nobody gonna turn me 'round,
Gonna make it to the judgement day.
- Traditional Spiritual
Is it true? Must I keep climbing? Must I "make it" to the judgement day? Is there a rest for my weary effort? There is, God assures me.
Our Lord entered into rest when He finished the work of creation. He luxuriated in what He had accomplished and "rested." (Genesis 2:2) Every other creation day had a beginning and an end, but not the Sabbath. It is timeless, eternal. It "remains."
The Sabbath, of course, is but a symbol and therefore cannot be our final resting place. Even the rest of Canaan was not the finale, for that was a temporary, earthly rest. But God promised "another" day on which to rest, and so there "remains" a Sabbath for God's children. (Hebrews 4:8-9)
Where is that place of rest? Is it in heaven? Or earth? Both, I say. There is a final rest for our worn-out bodies and weary souls on ahead, but there is also rest in the here and now. "We who have believed enter [now] that rest." (Hebrews 4:3) Today is the day of rest. "Come to me," Jesus said, "and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28-30)
There is the rest of salvation: "It is finished" was His cry. I have nothing to do but I believe that my salvation is complete - nothing more. I can rest assured that God will guard my faith to the end. No one can touch me, for I am held in His hands.
There is the rest of sanctification: the One who began a good work in us will perfect it until the day of Christ. We can rest in His forgiveness and grace and know that He is at work to bring us to completeness in the end. When we see Him, we'll be just like Him, He assure us.
There is the rest of ministry and service. I am God's workmanship, created to do good works that He has prepared in advance for me. He knows the way through my world and the hazards I will encounter there. He knows my heartaches and the obstacles that must be surmounted each day. I can cease from anxious scheming and striving and rest in His sufficiency.
This is not passivity or quietism (abandonment). God rested from His labors on the seventh day but works today through Providence; Jesus rested in His finished work on the cross but lives to intercede for us.
No, this is not inactivity, but restful effort, relying on the work of God's omniscient (all-knowing), caring Son.
Thus in all things I must make every effort to enter that rest -
In simple faith to rest
that He, who knows and loves, will do the best.
that He, who knows and loves, will do the best.
So, I say, "grow old along with me, the best is yet to be . . . "
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I'm climbin' up the mountain, children;
Ain't got time for to stay.
Ain't nobody gonna turn me 'round,
Gonna make it to the judgement day.
Ain't got time for to stay.
Ain't nobody gonna turn me 'round,
Gonna make it to the judgement day.
- Traditional Spiritual
PHOTO: I'm climbin' up the mountain, children; Ain't got time for to stay. Ain't nobody gonna turn me 'round,
Gonna make it to the judgement day. - Traditional Spiritual
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Is it true? Must I keep climbing? Must I "make it" to the judgement day? Is there a rest for my weary effort? There is, God assures me.
Our Lord entered into rest when He finished the work of creation. He luxuriated in what He had accomplished and "rested." (Genesis 2:2) [332] Every other creation day had a beginning and an end, but not the Sabbath. It is timeless, eternal. It "remains."
Gonna make it to the judgement day. - Traditional Spiritual
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https://goop.com/wellness/health/how-to-prevent-scarring/
Is it true? Must I keep climbing? Must I "make it" to the judgement day? Is there a rest for my weary effort? There is, God assures me.
Our Lord entered into rest when He finished the work of creation. He luxuriated in what He had accomplished and "rested." (Genesis 2:2) [332] Every other creation day had a beginning and an end, but not the Sabbath. It is timeless, eternal. It "remains."
PHOTO: Our Lord entered into rest when He finished the work of creation. He luxuriated in what He had accomplished and "rested." (Genesis 2:2) Every other creation day had a beginning and an end, but not the Sabbath. It is timeless, eternal. It "remains."
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The Sabbath, of course, is but a symbol and therefore cannot be our final resting place. Even the rest of Canaan was not the finale, for that was a temporary, earthly rest. But God promised "another" day on which to rest, and so there "remains" a Sabbath for God's children. (Hebrews 4:8-9) [333]
Where is that place of rest? Is it in heaven? Or earth? Both, I say. There is a final rest for our worn-out bodies and weary souls on ahead, but there is also rest in the here and now. "We who have believed enter [now] that rest." (Hebrews 4:3) [334] Today is the day of rest. "Come to me," Jesus said, "and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28-30) [335]
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The Sabbath, of course, is but a symbol and therefore cannot be our final resting place. Even the rest of Canaan was not the finale, for that was a temporary, earthly rest. But God promised "another" day on which to rest, and so there "remains" a Sabbath for God's children. (Hebrews 4:8-9) [333]
Where is that place of rest? Is it in heaven? Or earth? Both, I say. There is a final rest for our worn-out bodies and weary souls on ahead, but there is also rest in the here and now. "We who have believed enter [now] that rest." (Hebrews 4:3) [334] Today is the day of rest. "Come to me," Jesus said, "and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28-30) [335]
PHOTO: Where is that place of rest? Is it in heaven? Or earth? Both. There is a final rest for our worn-out bodies and weary souls on ahead, but there is also rest in the here and now. "We who have believed enter [now] that rest." (Hebrews 4:3) Today is the day of rest. "Come to me," Jesus said, "and you will find rest for your souls." (Matthew 11:28-30)
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There is the rest of salvation: "It is finished" was His cry. I have nothing to do but I believe that my salvation is complete - nothing more. I can rest assured that God will guard my faith to the end. No one can touch me, for I am held in His hands.
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There is the rest of salvation: "It is finished" was His cry. I have nothing to do but I believe that my salvation is complete - nothing more. I can rest assured that God will guard my faith to the end. No one can touch me, for I am held in His hands.
PHOTO: There is the rest of salvation: "It is finished" was His cry. I have nothing to do but I believe that my salvation is complete - nothing more. I can rest assured that God will guard my faith to the end. No one can touch me, for I am held in His hands.
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There is the rest of sanctification: the One who began a good work in us will perfect it until the day of Christ. We can rest in His forgiveness and grace and know that He is at work to bring us to completeness in the end. When we see Him, we'll be just like Him, He assure us.
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There is the rest of sanctification: the One who began a good work in us will perfect it until the day of Christ. We can rest in His forgiveness and grace and know that He is at work to bring us to completeness in the end. When we see Him, we'll be just like Him, He assure us.
PHOTO: There is the rest of sanctification: the One who began a good work in us will perfect it until the day of Christ. We can rest in His forgiveness and grace and know that He is at work to bring us to completeness in the end. When we see Him, we'll be just like Him, He assure us.
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There is the rest of ministry and service. I am God's workmanship, created to do good works that He has prepared in advance for me. He knows the way through my world and the hazards I will encounter there. He knows my heartaches and the obstacles that must be surmounted each day. I can cease from anxious scheming and striving and rest in His sufficiency.
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There is the rest of ministry and service. I am God's workmanship, created to do good works that He has prepared in advance for me. He knows the way through my world and the hazards I will encounter there. He knows my heartaches and the obstacles that must be surmounted each day. I can cease from anxious scheming and striving and rest in His sufficiency.
PHOTO: There is the rest of ministry and service. I am God's workmanship, created to do good works that He has prepared in advance for me. He knows the way through my world and the hazards I will encounter there. He knows my heartaches and the obstacles that must be surmounted each day. I can cease from anxious scheming and striving and rest in His sufficiency.
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This is not passivity or quietism (abandonment). God rested from His labors on the seventh day but works today through Providence; Jesus rested in His finished work on the cross but lives to intercede for us.
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This is not passivity or quietism (abandonment). God rested from His labors on the seventh day but works today through Providence; Jesus rested in His finished work on the cross but lives to intercede for us.
PHOTO: This is not passivity or quietism. God rested from His labours on the seventh day but works today through Providence; Jesus rested in His finished work on the cross but lives to intercede for us.
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No, this is not inactivity, but restful effort, relying on the work of God's omniscient (all-knowing), caring Son.
Thus in all things I must make every effort to enter that rest -
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No, this is not inactivity, but restful effort, relying on the work of God's omniscient (all-knowing), caring Son.
Thus in all things I must make every effort to enter that rest -
In simple faith to rest
that He, who knows and loves, will do the best. [336]
that He, who knows and loves, will do the best. [336]
PHOTO: Thus in all things I must make every effort to enter that rest -
In simple faith to rest that He, who knows and loves, will do the best.
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So, I say, "grow old along with me, the best is yet to be . . . " [337]
In simple faith to rest that He, who knows and loves, will do the best.
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So, I say, "grow old along with me, the best is yet to be . . . " [337]
PHOTO: "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be . . . "
This is not inactivity, but restful effort, relying on the work of God's omniscient (all-knowing), caring Son.
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PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we learn that we need not keep climbing or to ‘make it’ to the judgement day, but there is rest for our weary effort. And You assures us.
Our Lord entered into rest when He finished the work of creation. He luxuriated in what He had accomplished and ‘rested.’ Every other creation day had a beginning and an end, but not the Sabbath. It is timeless, eternal. It ‘remains.’
The Sabbath, of course, is but a symbol and therefore cannot be our final resting place. Even the rest of Canaan was not the finale, for that was a temporary, earthly rest.
Thank You for promising ‘another’ day on which to rest, and so there ‘remains’ a Sabbath for God's children. We learn that this place id both in heaven and earth. There is a final rest for our worn-out bodies and weary souls on ahead, but there is also rest in the here and now.
We who have believed enter [now] that rest. Today is the day of rest. ‘Come to me,’ Jesus said, ‘and you will find rest for your souls.’
There is the rest of salvation: ‘It is finished’ was Jesus’ cry. We have nothing to do but we believe that our salvation is complete - nothing more. We can rest assured that God will guard our faith to the end. No one can touch us, for we are held in His hands.
There is the rest of sanctification: the One who began a good work in us will perfect it until the day of Christ. We can rest in His forgiveness and grace and know that He is at work to bring us to completeness in the end. When we see Him, we'll be just like Him, He assure us.
There is the rest of ministry and service. We are God's workmanship, created to do good works that He has prepared in advance for us. He knows the way through our world and the hazards we will encounter there. He knows my heartaches and the obstacles that must be surmounted each day. I can cease from anxious scheming and striving and rest in His sufficiency.
We learn that those rests are not passivity or quietism. God rested from His labours on the seventh day but works today through Providence; Jesus rested in His finished work on the cross but lives to intercede for us.
Thank You Lord, relying on the work of Your omniscient, caring Son. is not inactivity, but restful effort.
Our Lord entered into rest when He finished the work of creation. He luxuriated in what He had accomplished and ‘rested.’ Every other creation day had a beginning and an end, but not the Sabbath. It is timeless, eternal. It ‘remains.’
The Sabbath, of course, is but a symbol and therefore cannot be our final resting place. Even the rest of Canaan was not the finale, for that was a temporary, earthly rest.
Thank You for promising ‘another’ day on which to rest, and so there ‘remains’ a Sabbath for God's children. We learn that this place id both in heaven and earth. There is a final rest for our worn-out bodies and weary souls on ahead, but there is also rest in the here and now.
We who have believed enter [now] that rest. Today is the day of rest. ‘Come to me,’ Jesus said, ‘and you will find rest for your souls.’
There is the rest of salvation: ‘It is finished’ was Jesus’ cry. We have nothing to do but we believe that our salvation is complete - nothing more. We can rest assured that God will guard our faith to the end. No one can touch us, for we are held in His hands.
There is the rest of sanctification: the One who began a good work in us will perfect it until the day of Christ. We can rest in His forgiveness and grace and know that He is at work to bring us to completeness in the end. When we see Him, we'll be just like Him, He assure us.
There is the rest of ministry and service. We are God's workmanship, created to do good works that He has prepared in advance for us. He knows the way through our world and the hazards we will encounter there. He knows my heartaches and the obstacles that must be surmounted each day. I can cease from anxious scheming and striving and rest in His sufficiency.
We learn that those rests are not passivity or quietism. God rested from His labours on the seventh day but works today through Providence; Jesus rested in His finished work on the cross but lives to intercede for us.
Thank You Lord, relying on the work of Your omniscient, caring Son. is not inactivity, but restful effort.
May in all things, we make every effort to enter that rest.
May we grow old along with each other, and may the best is yet to be.
Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
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Reflection - Number Our Days - There Is Rest
Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 64, "There Is Rest", Page 298.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 64, "There Is Rest", Page 298.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.
Other Books
"Faithful to the end", A Preacher's Exposition of 2 Timothy, @ 2014 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
Reflection - Faithful to the end (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2017/06/reflection-faithful-to-end-links.html
"Finding rest for the soul" Responding to Jesus' Invitation in Matthew 11:28-29, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Finding rest for the soul (Links)
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2018/10/reflection-finding-rest-for-soul-links.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART I-III, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-i.html
"God in Pursuit" Lessons from the Book of Jonah, © 2016 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - God in Pursuit (Links) - PART IV, posted on Saturday, 10 August 2019
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2019/08/reflection-god-in-pursuit-links-part-iv.html
"Songs of Christmas", The Stories and Significance of 20 Well-Loved Carols, © 2018 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Songs of Christmas (Links), posted on Friday, 24 April 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/04/reflection-songs-of-christmas-links.html
"Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, © 2019 by Robert M. Solomon
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part I - III (Links), posted on Wednesday, 09 December 2020
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part.html
Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part IV - V (Links), posted on Thursday, 22 April 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/12/reflection-growing-old-gracefully-part_9.html
"Teach Us to Number Our Days", © 2008 by David Roper
Reflection - Number Our Days, Chapter 1 - 40 (Links), posted on Tuesday, 16 November 2021
https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2021/11/reflection-number-our-days-chapter-1-40.html
Reference
[1] From "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Copyright © 2008 by David Roper, ISBN 978-981-11-7184-0, Chapter 64, "There Is Rest", Page 298-300.
[332] Genesis 2:2
[333] Hebrews 4:8-9
[334] Hebrews 4:3. The verb "enter" is in the present tense and indicated a present reality.
[335] See Matthew 11:28-30.
[336] J. Danson Smith as quoted in L. B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert.
[337] Robert Browning, "Rabbi Ben Ezra."
Links
[332] Genesis 2:2
[333] Hebrews 4:8-9
[334] Hebrews 4:3. The verb "enter" is in the present tense and indicated a present reality.
[335] See Matthew 11:28-30.
[336] J. Danson Smith as quoted in L. B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert.
[337] Robert Browning, "Rabbi Ben Ezra."
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