“Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief” (Heb. 4:11 KJV).
God has rest for you. But you have to labor to enter into God’s rest. If you’ve got a high intensity problem, low intensity laboring to get into the rest of God is not going to do it. You’ve got to raise your intensity to the level of the problem.
Peace And Fellowship
That means, if you have to shut yourself off for 24 hours and say the Word, meditate the Word, fellowship with God until your mind gets quiet and your body gets quiet, then do it. That is how you’ll have peace. That’s how you’ll have supernatural rest. You’ll be in the zone. And you’ll come out like Jesus with the anointing, and what you are dealing with will have to fall on the ground.
That is called fellowshipping with God. However, you have to fellowship with God and with other believers. The church in the book of Acts fellowshipped with each other, as well as with God.
A part of laboring to enter into the rest of God is making an effort to fellowship with other believers. You receive strength from others who believe like you do. That means then that you can’t just run into church, get the Word, run out of the church, and never talk to anybody until the next Sunday.
Don’t Shut Yourself Off
That’s when you begin to feel lonely. You can’t shut yourself off from the body of Christ and expect to enter into God’s rest the way He wants you to. You may say, “Well, I expect them to come to me.” But the Bible said he that desires friends, let him show himself friendly.
Sister, make an extra effort to find your sister in your church. Brother, make an extra effort to find your brother. Add to your life of fellowship with God, fellowship with other believers of like faith. And you will see God move on your behalf. You will enter into the rest of God.
Scripture References: Proverbs 18:24; Luke 4:14
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).