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God whose book it is; not the people of God but the God whose
people they are; not the will of God but the God whose will it is. So,
I want to begin by describing what rest is.

Please follow these verses, Hebrews 4:4, “For He has thus said
somewhere concerning the seventh day, ‘And God rested on the
seventh day from all His works.’” Hebrews 4:9&10, “There remains
therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has
entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did
from His.” 4:10 says that God rested. If I can understand what it
means that God rested, perhaps I can understand what it means for
me to rest. As God rested we must rest. Let me begin with what it
means that God rested.

Hebrews 4:4, “For He has thus said somewhere concerning the
seventh day, ‘And God rested on the seventh day from all His
works.’” The Holy Spirit says that after six days of creation God
rested. I know what that does not mean. It doesn’t mean that God
quit working and now He works no more. John 5:17, “But He
answered them, ‘My Father is working until now, and I Myself am
working.’” It doesn’t mean that God was exhausted and weary after
He finished. Isaiah 40:28, “Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable.”
God does not become weary.

It certainly doesn’t mean, when it says that God rested, that God was
frustrated or anxious. Habbakuk 3:3&4, “God comes from Teman,
and the Holy One from Mount Paran, His splendor covers the
heavens, and the earth is full of His praise. His radiance is like the
sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, and there is the hiding
of His power.” We look at creation and we say, “Look at the power
of God.” The prophet looked at creation and said, “That is the hiding
of His power.” That’s just a little picture of the power of God.
Every six days God could have created another universe as big as