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sat down. God was satisfied with the finished work of creation and
He rested. God was satisfied with the finished work of redemption
and He rested.

Hebrews 4:10, “For the one who has entered His rest has himself
also rested from his works, as God did from His.” The one who rests
must enter rest as God did. For a long time, for many years, what I
thought was wrong. I thought that I had to rest in God’s finished
work. I tried to rest in God’s finished work but I thought maybe that
I wasn’t sincere enough or maybe I didn’t trust Him enough or
maybe I didn’t know enough. Rest is not the Christian resting in the
finished work. God is satisfied with the finished work. When I am
satisfied that God is satisfied, I enter rest. He satisfied; that’s
enough for me. That’s when you enter rest. It’s not somehow that
I have entered into being satisfied with what Jesus did. The Bible
says that He’s satisfied with what Jesus did.

Remember the story of the Passover? Exodus 12:13, “And the blood
shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see
the blood I will pass over you, and no plaque will befall you to
destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” He said, “When I see
the blood, I’ll pass over you.” It’s Him seeing the blood they made.
Let me press this home to your heart by giving an illustration.
Hebrews 3:11, “As I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My
rest.’” It says, “Enter MY rest.” Hebrews 3:18, “And to whom did
He swear that they should not enter His rest, but to those who were
disobedient?” They didn’t enter HIS rest. Hebrews 4:3, “For we
who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, ‘As I swore in
My wrath, they shall not enter My rest,’ although His works were
finished from the foundation of the world.” Because of unbelief
they didn’t enter MY rest is what God said.

Hebrews 4:10, “Therefore I was angry with this generation, and
said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; and they did not know
My ways’…” the good news is that we can enter HIS rest; not the
rest that He gives but the rest that He has. Let me ask this, is God
concerned about anything going on in your life right now? He’s at