God is always leading us to the Promised Land of rest.
Rest is not simply inactivity.
Rest is a not a luxury.
Rest is a discipline. Rest is a promise.
We dispose ourselves to receive the promise of rest through a disciplined desert process common to God’s people from the beginning. The biblical Exodus story is a map through this desert process, showing us the disciplines that offer “dew” – God’s renewing presence in the desert that leads us to the superabundance of rest in thought, emotion, body, and soul.
WHAT WE DISCUSSED | SHOW NOTESOverview:
Minutes 00:12:00 – Hebrews 3:7-4:11 as text for how to dispose ourselves for the biblical Promised Land of rest; breakdown of verses 7-11
Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Breakdown of verses 12-19; “Today, if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts”; the “evil heart of unbelief”; eschatological rest and earthly rest; protection vs. growth
Minutes 24:01-36:00 – God teaches rest through deprivations: Exodus 15 and “bitter” water; manna conformed to everyone’s thoughts (Wis 16:21)
Minutes 36:01-48:00 – What the people received in the wilderness corresponded directly with what they thought and emoted, as evidenced in what they said; learning to draw on the Lord for consolation and strength
