November 2

Hebrews 4

What day is Today?  According to verse 7, "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts".  So I'm looking at Today as the day we get another opportunity to tune in and listen to hear God's voice. What is He saying?  It's the day He has made, let's rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)  I think everyday we have this wonderful opportunity.  The Israelites also had this opportunity but they chose not to combine the word they read with faith. It's this combination of being in the Word and applying faith that allows us to enter into God's rest.  There's a difference between having a relationship with Jesus and knowing about Him. This is where the people of Israel faced a problem and perhaps to whom the author of the book of Hebrews is addressing.  Resting in God today is a glimpse of what our eternal joy holds.  God didn't rest on the seventh day because he was tired, He had made everything perfect and so when we allow ourselves to "rest", we are freeing ourselves from our own labor and trusting in God's perfection. I believe it was His original design all along.  The Word of God is alive and life changing.  So Today, I pray we quiet our minds, and do not harden our hearts when we hear His voice.  Today, allow God's Word to work in our hearts and by faith, make every effort to rest in what Jesus provided on the Cross.  I pray today for everyone who is reading this, that the Lord bless you and keep you, that He make His face shine upon you, and that He be gracious to you. I pray Today, we rest in Him.  In Jesus Name.

Randi