On one hand …
a Christian is securely blessed, she is to live in perpetual rest and peace in Jesus. No need for performance or living up to others expectations. No laws needed, just a relaxed state of resting in God, hidden in Jesus Christ. As we die daily, surrendering our life, our ambitions and our good works. We are to live in a perpetual sabbath rest, a perpetual Jubilee feast. We are seated very high in heavenly places far above anything whatsoever to worry about. Goodness and mercy following us, laying beside the still waters that he brings us to.
but on the other hand…
We are to intensely and fervently seek and pursue Jesus Christ. As if no one or nothing else mattered. We are to be so spiritually violent with spiritual things that we seem obsessed. In hot pursuit of knowing him alone, no distractions, we’re not to major on any thing good or bad other than knowing Jesus Christ alone.
Completely and totally handing over our lives to him, given over to him. Losing friends if necessary, offending family if needed. Given over to him to the point of death.
Lukewarm-ness and self-centeredness becomes a foreign language to us. Which is are not remotely enticing.
We relax and live at rest and peace concerning life and death and provision. But we are intensely…fervently striving to know Jesus Christ. Digging deep in him, daily using spiritual violence with our own sin. Yet using extreme mercy with other’s sin.
Hebrew 4:9 there remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest (through belief in Jesus Christ), lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief (people of Israel not entering Cannan because of unbelief.)
