The Perpetual Vacation

Everywhere you look, people are all around carrying out some work or the other. Market traders, business men, bankers, teachers, government employees, nurses, doctor's, bus drivers, and so on are all engaged in their various works. This happens six days a week and only one day of rest. God Himself worked for six days and rested on the seventh day (Hebrews 4:4). The blessedness of rest however still has a component that is not about the Sabbath day of rest but about another spiritual rest that is for those who have faith. Hebrews 4:1-3 says:

¹ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. ² For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. ³ For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

The above portion of scripture therefore reveals that some have not entered in the spiritual rest because of unbelief. While some have entered into that spiritual rest because they believe. In the midst of all the toiling by different folks from different walks of life, God is declaring yet a rest for the labourers (Hebrews 4:9). A rest that is different from the one day of rest that people have. It is a spiritual rest where one ceases from his works and labours no more (Hebrews 4:10). It is the kind of rest that the priesthood operates in. A desisting from all forms of labour and work into a blessed place of perpetual rest. This spiritual rest is kind of like a permanent vacation where there is no more work i.e. no more toiling which is part of the curse put on Adam (Hebrews 4:10)