Devotional 10 June 2025

God has promised rest. Not just future rest in heaven, but real rest now: peace, assurance, and the settled confidence that comes from trusting in the finished work of Christ. But Hebrews reminds us: that promise, while still standing, must not be ignored.

We’re told to fear, not in panic, but in seriousness. It’s the kind of fear that keeps you awake when others sleep. A fear that knows it’s possible to hear the promises of God, and yet never enter into them. Like Israel in the wilderness, many were set free from Egypt, but never stepped foot in the land of promise. Why? Because they did not believe.

The same warning comes to us. Don’t stay in the wilderness of spiritual wandering, anxiety, striving, and unbelief. Don’t just celebrate being rescued, step forward into what God has already secured for you. Christ is enthroned. He has conquered. He has sat down, because His work is finished. And that finished work is your rest.

But this rest is not automatic. It must be entered by faith. Not someday, but Today. The Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” Too many believers live as though rest is only for the “sweet by and by,” while the gospel calls us to rest in Christ even now. He provides. He forgives. He sustains. He is the Good Father who gives His children what they need (Psalm 23:1, Psalm 34:10, Matthew 6:32, 7:11, Luke 12:30)

So take hold. Let faith lead you out of the wilderness, across the Jordan. Trust, not just in the fact that God will save you in the end, but that He is enough for your storm, your weariness, your worry, even now.

Answer the call. Enter the land. The promise still stands, so long as it is still called Today.