Joni and Friends 10th December 2021 Daily Devotional | Friday Message
Topic: There Remains a Rest
Scripture: “There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.” – Hebrews 4:9-11
Joni and Friends 10th December 2021 Daily Devotional Message
One day we will enter into God’s seventh and final Day, the Sabbath-rest of eternal joy and peace. We will discover many wonderful riches in heaven and will also discover the absence of some dear helps. We will finally rest from petitioning God because there will be no necessity. We will rest from fasting and watching. No more preaching. No baptism or memorial of the Lord’s Supper. The harvest will be gathered in. The tares will be burned.
And there is one more thing from which we will rest. Evangelizing. There will be no more need to share the Gospel with unsaved people because the kingdom will have been completed. “What? No more witnessing?!” you say.
That’s right. There will be plenty of singing and praising, serving and rejoicing. There will be worship and adoration but no more opportunity to share the Good News with unsaved loved ones.
That fact, if anything, should make you get moving down here on earth. There’s work to be done. Unsaved friends and neighbors need to know Christ. The lost in your community need to hear the Gospel. Whole nations need to be evangelized. People are on the brink of perishing and the end is fast approaching.
There will be plenty of time to rest in heaven. Now is the time to evangelize.
Prayer: Forgive me for shuffling my feet when it comes to sharing your Gospel with those who don’t know you, Lord. Today, lead me to someone who needs to hear about you.
Joni and Friends 10th December 2021 Daily Devotional is taken from Diamonds in the Dust – By Joni Eareckson Tada