Father God,

Today, I pray that we would understand what it means to have Jesus as our Sabbath rest. We labor and toil in this world to accomplish so much, whether in our jobs, in our homes, at our health, and more. Everything seems to depend from earthly eyes on our work and effort, but we are told that we are to rest in Christ’s finished work.

When honest with ourselves from spiritual eyes, we recognize that we are sinful and will never meet the perfect standard of obedience required by a holy God. When left to our own efforts, we despair of reaching that standard or its reward of eternal life. Then we look upon Your Word with spiritual eyes and see promises of rest from those attempts at self-salvation thanks to the finished work of Christ.

In Christ, we find a hope that we did not have. Then we keep reading and find that we have rest in this world also, not just in the next world of heaven. We have rest knowing that our Father in Heaven cares for us now even as we physically labor. We are told to pray for all things, to expect daily bread, and that all good things come from You.

Give us rest in Christ this day, knowing that Christ has secured our heavenly and our earthly provision. Let us then labor upon this earth not for salvation but responding with obedience, thanksgiving, and rejoicing in our Sabbath rest, Christ.

In Christ’s Name,

Eric PotterpotteradminEdit Profile

Amen.