Tag Archives: entering His rest

The LORD of Hosts Has Purposed (A 2020 Rerun)

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Pete

I finish my readings this morning and sit back to digest. I flip the pages of my bible back through my readings and try and hear from the Spirit what I should chew on. Nothing’s coming. So, as I often … Continue reading →

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Agree with God

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Pete

One of the tricky things about reading Job is trying not to snooze when the other guys are speaking. You know, the other guys — the “friends”, the “counselors”, the “comforters” — those who knew a thing or two and … Continue reading →

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Return and Rest

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Pete

Hovering over Isaiah 30. While there’s much about Isaiah that disorients me as I try to map his prophecies to a historical timeline, there are gems encountered frequently along the way. Truths about the Holy One of Israel, promises concerning … Continue reading →

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Again

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Pete

There was a story I used to tell about the kind of disciplinarian my mom was when I was a kid. Can’t remember the incident but here’s how I recalled one instance of her “progressive discipline”. The immediate reaction to … Continue reading →

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God Knows

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Pete

There’s a lot of stuff going on in the first couple of chapters of 1 Samuel. And it’s all happening at Shiloh, the “place of rest.” Only, there’s not a lot of rest going on. There, though a family comes … Continue reading →

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By Faith, By Effort

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Pete

So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. (Hebrews 4:9 ESV) You read those words and it has a way of settling the soul. There’s rest and then there’s Sabbath rest. Rest where you pause from … Continue reading →

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Invitation or Imperative?

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Pete

Hovering over some well known verses in Matthew this morning. Noodling on whether they are an offer to avail oneself of or, a command to obey. “Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give … Continue reading →

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Walk in That

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Pete

Don’t know that I have a lot to say this morning. Don’t know that I should if I’m meditating on the quieted soul. After all, the songwriter’s picture of a weaned child isn’t that of a wailing child. A baby … Continue reading →

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There!

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Pete

Seven days. For seven days and seven nights Job’s friends sat with him on the ground, “and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great” (Job 2:13). Suffering. Silence. For seven days. … Continue reading →

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Rest Beyond Rest

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Pete

Pretty difficult not to pick up what’s being laid down as you read the latter part of Hebrews 3 and the first eleven verses of Hebrews 4. “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts” (3:8) . … Continue reading →

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