“Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” The Israelites did harden their hearts. They heard God’s good promises and they let their sinfulness choke out their faith. But you and I don’t want to do that. Faith cries out in our souls to hold on to those words of promise right now, today. So as long as you have a “today” you have God’s promises. This is called our “time of grace.” We don’t know how long it is, but we do know that we have it today. So listen to God’s promises and do all you can to stay in that rest.

All that means is to be diligent. There is no great trick to staying in God’s rest. God does all the work of encouraging us. He gives us this desire to be at rest. So listen to that desire. Don’t resist it. Your heart craves the Word of God, so feed it with God’s Word each day. Your heart craves to gather with other believers, so feed that desire by gathering together for worship. Your heart craves to know more and more what that rest means, so feed it with the body and blood of Christ for your forgiveness. All you have to do is listen to your heart of faith and you will know God’s rest.

And let’s not delay. Today is today. There is no reason to delay, no reason to make excuses. Today is today. Today you hear his voice. Today is one day closer to Judgment Day, one day closer to eternity, one day closer to ‘shabbat’, one day closer to when you will rest forever.