Rest is a
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image after Our likeness…”
Genesis 1:26
And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had done, and He rested…
Genesis 2:2
1 I waited patiently for the Lord ; He inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. 4 Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! 5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God, Your wondrous deeds and Your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told. 6 In sacrifice and offering You have not delighted, but You have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. 7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Psalm 40:1-8
For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
Psalm 40:12
4 types of Failures:
1.Quiet Failures -
2.Defeating Failures -
3.Systematic Failures -
4.Momentary Failures -
Rest
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:28-29
Rest
11 Every priest stands day after day ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins. 12 But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God. 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are sanctified.
Hebrews 10:11,12, & 14
How do we live in the gift of God’s rest?
1.Realize that God
2.Realize God
3.Realize God