Still there

Hebrews 4 God's promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. 2 For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them....4 We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: "On the seventh day God rested from all his work."...7 So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted:

"Today when you hear his voice,
    don't harden your hearts."

This morning I returned to a place I used to go every morning...the local pond.  It is a quiet place where the water stretches out in peaceful reflection and large birds survey the setting from high in the trees on the shoreline.  I was treated to a view of a gorgeous osprey who worked his way from the far end of the pond down the length, toward me, in search of a breakfast fish.  The familiar feeling of peace reminded me that the familiar peace of the Lord is still there as well.  I am reminded that the Lord has called us to peace...peace with Him that leads to peace within.  The passage above from Hebrews tells us that the seventh day of Creation, when God rested, was a picture of this peace that we find in Him...that has been established based on the perfect sacrifice of His Son, and our resting on that work.  He has called us to rest in Him and to find this peace...to be still because He is still there.

Blessings,

Rob Smith