God's Rest

"For he that is entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His." -Hebrews 4:10 [KJV]

My soul, see to it, that among other blessed evidences of thine union and rest in Christ, thou hast this also "We which have believed," the apostle saith, "do enter into rest." Our dependence on, and knowledge of Jesus, are such, that we really and truly enjoy the blessings of redemption. And as God the Father, when He had finished creation, rested from all His works which He had made; and as Jesus, when He had finished redemption, entered into His glory; so true believers, when they have once found Christ, and redemption in His blood, no longer weary themselves in the works of sin, or the works of self-righteousness, by way of justification before God; but cease from every thing in self, and rest with complacency and delight in the rich, free, and full salvation that is by Christ.  

My soul, what sayest thou to this blessed testimony of thine interest in Jesus? Is Jesus to thee the resting-place from sin, from sorrow, from guilt, and the wrath to come? As God the Father rests in Him, well pleased for His righteousness sake, dost thou rest in Him? Oh! the felicity of such a rest! Jesus is indeed the rest, wherewith the Lord causeth the weary to rest: and this is the refreshing! 

"Return to thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee!" 

-Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)