Hebrews 4: 11 (KJV)
Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall according to the same example of unbelief.
One must read the passage in context to receive the full import of its meaning, but I will offer a summary. This verse has to do with entering into God’s rest. The author of Hebrews suggests this is how we should invest our labor.
Some people heard the good news and embraced it with faith and hope while others heard the same message but were without faith. The word spoken to them availed them not because they did not mix their faith with God’s word. Therefore, our labor is to be spent becoming people of faith; people who mix faith with the Word of God. Whether blue collar or white, our labor is the same. Whether one is pouring concrete in the summer heat or reading a legal brief, the laborer is to mix thought and emotion with truth. We are to labor to put our hearts and minds in agreement with the Word of God so that all will be well with us and so that our “work” will become fruit.
No matter what you do, use your labor and energy to become a person of greater faith and belief. That is the true labor, and, in this labor, we find rest.
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