“So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: ‘Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.'” Hebrews 4:6-7 NLT
Famous has a will of his own. He is often very good to work with me making it look like I am in control. But many times I can tell he thinks his way of doing things is better than mine. Perhaps his sense of hearing or smell gives him information I cannot detect. Perhaps he can just be stubborn. But when it comes to differences of opinion, I try to give him the benefit of the doubt and figure out why it is he is trying to assert his will over mine. It is not unusual for me to find he had the right idea all along.
But in most matters, he finds rest in the knowledge that he can trust me, and the patterns we have established for our relationship assure him he will be alright. For example, he trusts me to leave him alone in his crate in the back of the SUV without even making a whimper. He knows he is safe, and he knows I will return.
God wants us to find rest in him. We can be assured of this by walking daily with him and experiencing his nurture, guidance, and protection. It can be a welcomed retreat when it would otherwise seem we should be living in fear and disappointment.
My heart yearns to know, God, that You will always guide and love me. Grant me that peace today which only You can give.
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