Sept. 28

Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook

WORK IS DONE; REST IN HIM

   "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God" Heb. 4:9

   God has provided a Sabbath, and some must enter into it. Those to whom
   it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief; therefore,
   that Sabbath remains for the people of God. David sang of it; but he
   had to touch the minor key, for Israel refused the rest of God. Joshua
   could not give it, nor Canaan yield it: it remains for believers.

   Come, then, let us labor to enter into this rest. Let us quit the weary
   toil of sin and self. Let us cease from all confidence, even in those
   works of which it might be said, "They are very good." Have we any
   such? Still, let us cease from our own works, as God did from His. Now
   let us find solace in the finished work of our Lord Jesus. Everything
   is fully done: justice demands no more. Great peace is our portion in
   Christ Jesus.

   As to providential matters, the work of grace in the soul, and the work
   of the Lord in the souls of others, let us cast these burdens upon the
   Lord, and rest in Him. When the Lord gives us a yoke to bear, He does
   so that by taking it up we may find rest. By faith we labor to enter
   into the rest of God, and we renounce all rest in self-satisfaction or
   indolence. Jesus Himself is perfect rest and we are filled to the brim
   in Him.