Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Peace With God
In life there is something for all believers, I believe, and perhaps all mankind, that is always present. It is like something gnawing at us on the inside. Not necessarily in a bad way. It is like something missing and something coming all mixed together. I believe at least a part of that is the inner drive of mankind to be at peace with God. This peace, this rest, is what we lost in the garden. It was this same drive for the search for peace with God that drove the children of Israel into the desert, but they did not obtain it.
Hebrews 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Paul was writing to the Hebrews and telling them that it was important not to be like the children of Israel in the wilderness. They did not make it. They did not enter into God’s rest. Why? Because they did not know God’s ways.
Psalms 103:6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
Moses spent time with God. The children of Israel did not. In the end, Moses knew God’s ways because of this relationship. So how do we find this rest today? Paul also speaks about this in his follow up recommendations in his letter to the Hebrews.
Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Today, if is peace with God you seek, find someone to share a scripture with, a positive uplifting thought, or just let them know you care about them. When we do this, we are in God’s ways. When we spend time with Him, we are in His arms.
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. Thank You for leading and guiding us. Thank You for Your never ending love. Please forgive us our wrongs against You and others. Please help us to better be like Your Son, our Messiah, Jesus. Send us today Your healing, deliverance, and overwhelming provision. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.