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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 rest and He wants you to enter His
rest and be as unconcerned as He is. God is satisfied with the
finished work of creation. God is satisfied with the finished
work of redemption.
I would always wonder, “Am I surrendered enough, am
I humble enough, am I sincere enough, do I have enough faith.”
God said, “Don’t go there.” What you need to know is that He
is satisfied. He accepts you. He loves you. He delights in you.
He has your future under control. When God allows me to start
believing that He has everything under control, I enter rest. His
rest was being satisfied. My rest is believing that He is satisfied.
What I would like to do now is take another step. It’s
true that He’s satisfied with everything that He has done in
creation and redemption but He’s not finished working.
Philippians. 1:6, “For I am confident of this very thing, that He
who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of
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