THE THIRD DAY: THE SEASON 0F REST 2

1 THEREFORE, SINCE A PROMISE REMAINS OF ENTERING HIS REST, LET US FEAR LEST ANY OF YOU SEEM TO HAVE COME SHORT OF IT.
2 FOR INDEED THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO US AS WELL AS TO THEM; BUT THE WORD WHICH THEY HEARD DID NOT PROFIT THEM, NOT BEING MIXED WITH FAITH IN THOSE WHO HEARD IT.
3 FOR we who have BELIEVED DO ENTER THAT REST, AS He has said: "So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest, . . . . ' "
4 "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS";
5 AND again in this place: "They shall not enter My rest."
6 SINCE THEREFORE IT REMAINS THAT SOME MUST ENTER IT, AND THOSE TO WHOM IT WAS FIRST PREACHED DID NOT ENTER BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE [Unbelief],
7 "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts."
8 FOR IF JOSHUA HAD GIVEN THEM REST, THEN HE WOULD NOT AFTERWARD HAVE SPOKEN OF ANOTHER DAY.
9 THERE REMAINS THEREFORE A REST FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
10 FOR HE WHO HAS ENTERED HIS REST HAS HIMSELF ALSO CEASED FROM HIS WORKS AS GOD DID FROM HIS.
11 LET US THEREFORE BE DILIGENT TO ENTER THAT REST, LEST ANYONE FALL ACCORDING TO THE SAME EXAMPLE OF DISOBEDIENCE."
Hebrews 4:1-11 (NKJV)

• There is a rest prepared for you in Christ Jesus:
2 FOR this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. BUT IT DID THEM NO GOOD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SHARE THE FAITH OF THOSE WHO LISTENED TO GOD [but it did not mix with their faith]. 3 FOR ONLY WE WHO BELIEVE CAN ENTER HIS REST. As for the others, God said, “In My anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter My place of rest,’ ” EVEN THOUGH THIS REST HAS BEEN READY SINCE HE MADE THE WORLD" (Hebrews 4:2,3 (NLT).

• In this rest which God has prepared; is salvation, which is all inclusive: redemption of souls, successes, prosperity, victories over satan and his cohorts, divine health, sound relationship with the Holy Spirit, and more.
• You would have to position yourself strategically and align yourself with God's move, what He set to do in and through His church, in this third Day.
• In other words, you have to labour and strive to do your Best, to enter that rest which God has promised:
  9 SO THERE IS A SPECIAL REST STILL WAITING FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 10 FOR ALL WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO GOD'S REST HAVE RESTED FROM THEIR LABOURS, JUST AS GOD DID AFTER CREATING THE WORLD. 11 SO LET US DO OUR BEST TO ENTER THAT REST. BUT IF WE DISOBEY GOD, AS THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL DID, WE WILL FALL" (Hebrews 4:9-11 NLT).
• God's rest, all round fulfilment, was there for the people to enter, but they did not because of Unbelief:
  "THEREFORE, SINCE THE PROMISE REMAINS FOR SOME TO ENTER HIS REST, AND THOSE WHO FORMERLY HAD THE GOOD NEWS PREACHED TO THEM FAILED TO [grasp it and did not] ENTER BECAUSE OF [their unbelief evidenced by] DISOBEDIENCE" (Hebrews 4:6 Amps).

• Know that your future is colourful and bright, but satan is interested in distorting It, do not give him a place (Ephesians 4:27).

• Remember, it is the time of the Manifestation of the church, thus, endeavour to be part of it: "FOR THE EARNEST EXPECTATION OF THE CREATURE WAITETH FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS [daughters] OF GOD" (Romans 8:19 KJV).
• Therefore, to enter into that prepared rest, you would have to:
  I. Labour, be diligent, and make every effort, to enter it (Hebrews 4:11).
  a. The labour or effort being talked about here is, labouring or being diligent in the Word of God, and not mainly about physical labour.
  b. Many laboured in their secular works, but had nothing to show for it. Because they failed to labour in the Word of God.
  c. Labour in the Word comes first before the physical labour. If you laboured in your secular work, without the knowledge and practice of the Word of God, you may not get the desired results.
  d. When you labour in the Word, you receive light, directions, on how to go by whatever you are doing. Thus, direction is received or had in the place of studying the the Word, the Bible, and praying—you would not be praying like someone who is beating the Air:
  "THEREFORE I [Paul] RUN THUS: NOT WITH UNCERTAINTY. THUS I FIGHT: NOT AS ONE WHO BEATS THE AIR" (1 Corinthians 9:26 NKJV).
  II. Revelation comes in the place of labouring in the Word of God. When the Book, the Bible, is opened to you, you would have lights, directions, ideas, on whatever to do.
  III. When you pray and work on the light you had received, you get better and quicker results on whatever said to be done by God.

• Note: as you laboured in the Word, studied and meditated in it, your success and progress would be evident to all (Joshua 1:8; 1 Timothy 4:15).

• When you labour in the Word, you become a star, a commander, Men or people would see your results. You become the envy of your generation.
• Read, study, and meditate, extensively on the Bible, the Word of God. And in addition to it, Read the books of proven ministers whom God has raised for the perfecting or equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, and for the edifying of the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12).
• Those who are listed as Ministry Gifts in Ephesians 4:11 are to raise the saints to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ Jesus (Ephesians 4:13).

• It is a season of rest. However, you have a responsibility to labour to enter into that rest.

• Remember, you labour in Word and prayer for you to enjoy the rest that is prepared.
• Let the Word you heard or read mix with faith in you. Do not allow Unbelief, as you labour in the Word. Unbelief, that manifested in disobedience, robbed the people of Israel from entering the Rest.

• You will not fail in Jesus' name.

• Should there be any ailment in your body, receive your healing now in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
• What is not of God in your body that is working against your health and wellness is cursed and uprooted totally, in the mighty name of Jesus.
  Peace!

STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. As you took the steps A and B your name is written in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).

• If you took the steps As highlighted above, congratulations, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!