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希伯来书：3：16-19：16那时听见他话、惹他发怒的是谁呢？岂不是跟着摩西从埃及出来的众人吗？17神四十年之久又厌烦谁呢？岂不是那些犯罪、尸首倒在旷野的人吗？18又向谁起誓，不容他们进入他的安息呢？岂不是向那些不信从的人吗？19这样看来，他们不能进入安息是因为不信的缘故了。
“进入上帝的安息”意味着藉着我们对耶稣的信心，我们知道我们的罪得赦免，天堂属于我们。我们进入与上帝和好的关系，他是我们的造物主、救赎主和成圣者。破坏这层关系的不是我们每天犯的罪。如果是这样，我们就永远不知道什么是和好了。破坏这层关系的是我们的不信。
《希伯来书》的作者举了以色列人的后代在旷野的例子。他们犯了什么罪？他们抱怨上帝从天而降的食物。他们甚至留恋埃及的韭菜和白菜。他们抱怨摩西和亚伦的带领。他们来到应许之地却拒绝进入，因为他们害怕迦南人。他们犯下的这些罪仅仅是他们更严重的罪的征兆，那就是对上帝的不信和悖逆。所以上帝不允许他们进入应许之地，因为悖逆，他们横尸旷野。
我是否抱怨我的生活境遇？太多次了。我是否认为我比上帝更了解什么对我的生活最好？我骄傲顽固，总想自己选择自己的道路。我是否得罪上帝即使我知道我不该这样做？是的，我的罪性使我心怀悖逆。
但是我确实相信。我每天的祷告是：“主啊，我信不足，求主帮助我！”这意味着即使我每天和罪征战，每天早晨我的灵都欢喜，因为知道上帝的怜悯每天都是新的。每天晚上我的灵魂都能安息在平安中，因为知道我的罪不仅已经得赦免，而且永久被赦免了。在此生的征战和混乱中，我的灵魂单单在耶稣里才能找到安息。
祷告：主耶稣，我信，但我信不足，求主帮助！亲爱的救主，每一天我都要和属乎肉体的罪征战。我的祷告是：请不要让我的罪征服我或摧毁我心中的信心。请让我的信心每一天都变得更强大，这样我才能单单在你里面找到安息。这样的祷告是奉你的名。阿们。
Hebrews 3: Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.
“Entering God’s rest” means that through faith in Jesus, we know that our sins are forgiven and that heaven is ours. We have entered entered into a relationship of peace with our God, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. What destroys that relationship is not the sins we commit every day. If that were the case, we would never know peace. What destroys that relationship is unbelief.
The writer to the Hebrews gives us the example of the children of Israel in the wilderness. What were the sins they were guilty of? They complained about the food God gave them from heaven. They longed for the leeks and vegetables of Egypt. They complained the leadership of Moses and Aaron. They came to the promised land and refused to enter because they were afraid of the Canaanites. These sins they committed were the symptoms of their greater sin, that of unbelief and rebellion against God. So God did not permit them to enter the promised land and they died in the wilderness for their rebellion against him.
Do I complain about my life’s circumstances? Yes, too often. Do I think that I know better than God what is best for my life? My stubborn pride always wants to choose my own path. Do I sin against God even though I know that I should not? Yes, because my sinful nature is a rebel at heart.
But I do believe. And my prayer every day is, “Lord, help me overcome my unbelief!” Which means that even though I struggle against sin every day, every morning my spirit rejoices in knowing that God’s mercies are new every morning. Every evening my soul can rest in the peace of knowing my sins have been and are eternally forgiven. In the midst of my struggles and the chaos of this life, my soul finds rest in Jesus alone. Prayer: Lord Jesus, I do believe! Help me overcome my unbelief! Every day, dear Savior, I struggle against the sins of my sinful flesh. My prayer is that my sins would never overwhelm me or destroy the faith that I have in my heart. Let my faith grow stronger each day so that I may find my rest in you alone. I ask this in your name. Amen.