Hebrews 4:9

From: Christian Truth: Volume 34

Hebrews 4:9 • 1 min. read • grade level: 8

The heart of man naturally seeks rest, and seeks it here. Now there is no rest to be found here for the saints; but it is written, `There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." To know this is both full of blessing and full of sorrow: sorrow to the flesh, because it is always seeking its rest here, so it has always to be disappointed- blessing to the spirit because the spirit, being born of God, can only rest in God's own rest, as it is said, "If they shall enter into My rest" (Heb. 4:4, 5⁴For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. ⁵And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. (Hebrews 4:4‑5)). What God desires for us is to bring us into the enjoyment of all that which He Himself enjoys.