God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. No, rather “take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded” (2 Chronicles 15:7).ĭon’t give up when that familiar sin, still crouching at your door after all these years, pounces again with temptation. Many soldiers, who experience the fierceness of combat, want to get out of it. Wars are exhausting - especially long ones. In this age we “strive to enter that rest” of the age to come (Hebrews 4:11). But in embracing the gospel, we find ourselves also drafted into a war - a war to keep believing the gospel and a war to keep spreading it to others. In this age, Jesus grants us the gospel rest of ceasing the impossible labor of self-atonement for our sins (2 Corinthians 5:21). “God will give you his grace in your time of need, and it will be sufficient for you, even in the very worst times.” But in this age, we cannot find complete rest. In a very real way, Jesus gives rest to “all who labor and are heavy laden” and come to him (Matthew 11:28). God placed the desire for rest in our souls, and he promises to fulfill it: “I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish” (Jeremiah 31:25). We all long for rest from the fatigue of living. “Here is a call for the endurance of the saints” (Revelation 14:12).
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