Have you ever been very tired? How refreshing it was to get a good night’s sleep! In the morning you felt like a different person. The tiredness and most of the aches and pains of the prior evening were all gone. However, more than physical rest is needed. There are many who get rest for their body but have no rest in their souls. The Lord Jesus said, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me . . . and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (Matthew 11:28-29). God not only delights to give people rest for the body, but in this scripture we see that the Lord Jesus freely offers rest for the soul. In order to do this, He had to bear our heavy load of sin on Calvary’s cross. If we receive the Lord Jesus as our own Saviour, the work is finished, and we can rest in His Word. This gives us perfect peace and our minds are put at rest concerning eternal issues. But there is still another rest mentioned in the Bible. For those who have put their trust in Him, they are waiting for an eternal rest yet to come for both soul and body. We read in Hebrews 4:9 that “there remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”
1. Amid trying circumstances, how is it that David was able to lie down and sleep? Psalm 3:___
2. Peter had confidence that he would live to be old (John 21:18). What was he doing between two soldiers the night before he was to be put to death?
Acts 12:___
3. What did the Lord God, the Holy One, promise Israel if they returned to Him? Isaiah 30:___
4. The voice from heaven said, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.” Why is this so? Revelation 14:___
5. Why were the godly told to arise and depart and not find rest in the land?
Micah 2:___