On Saturday, Altha and I drove down to a little town called
San Juan Batista. People go to this otherwise unremarkable town to tour the California
Mission built in 1797. It was a quiet peaceful time away from the
fast-pace of the Bay Area where such restfulness can be hard to find.
After God created the world, the Bible says, He rested.
But not because He was tired. Because He was finished (Heb. 4:10). Therein
lies an important characteristic of God. He doesn’t stop and rest until His work is done. And God's work in us is not finished yet.
Being human, however, we need to stop and rest along the way.
So like a wise father on a road trip with children in the back seat, crying out, “Are we there yet?” He gives us these much-needed “rest stops.” But as we mature, we learn that no “rest stop” can satisfy us until, and unless, we have first come to know Jesus as our permanent resting place, no matter how long we have been on the road. “Let us be diligent to enter that rest” (Heb. 4:11).
After God created the world, the Bible says, He rested.
But not because He was tired. Because He was finished (Heb. 4:10). Therein
lies an important characteristic of God. He doesn’t stop and rest until His work is done. And God's work in us is not finished yet.
Being human, however, we need to stop and rest along the way.So like a wise father on a road trip with children in the back seat, crying out, “Are we there yet?” He gives us these much-needed “rest stops.” But as we mature, we learn that no “rest stop” can satisfy us until, and unless, we have first come to know Jesus as our permanent resting place, no matter how long we have been on the road. “Let us be diligent to enter that rest” (Heb. 4:11).
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