September 19, 2023: Significance and Sabbath Rest

"For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said..." (Hebrews 4:3, ESV)

So many people work for their significance. Work to get a promotion. Work to climb the corporate ladder. Work to have money to buy the toys that turn heads and cause envious smiles. For six days, they work hard for significance. Only to find that those things leave them empty and insignificant.
    
In the church, so many people work for significance. They work to get noticed. They work to climb the church ladder. They work to receive God's pleasure. All week, they work to find significance only to discover they are empty and feel insignificant.
    
God had a plan before the beginning began! He would set in place a Sabbath that is significant, so much so that anyone who would cease working, to be with God, would find significance. God's opinion of us matters greatly! He thinks we are all valuable and has made a way for anyone who turns to Him to experience significance and value.

Our real work lies in the work that God has already done. Our work is to believe. "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." (John 6:29, ESV) When we discover that Jesus has already finished the work of our salvation, our work will be to believe in the work He has already done. We will cease working to earn God's pleasure and in faith, we will enjoy God's presence—having found significance in Him!