The Art of Pleasing God - Balancing, Being, & Responding

“By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. “They looked all over and couldn’t find him because God had taken him.” We know this based on reliable testimony that before he was taken “he PLEASED GOD.” It is impossible to please God apart from faith. Why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that He exists and that He cares enough to respond to those who seek Him.” Hebrews 11:5-6 MSG

Wisdom rests and we rest when we know whose we are and we are compelled by love not driven by performance, striving, or other soulish demands.

It is a delicate dance of faith and obedience, assurance and believing, receiving and submission.

Trusting Him is a place where our heart is resting and we allow the over of our soul to lead as we follow.

We lean into Him, His way, His truth, and His finished work.

We live to worship Him in spirit and truth

RESPONDING in REST by:

• BEING QUIET & STILL

• LISTENING: HEARING & OBEYING

• LIVING FROM GRATITUDE

• LIVING FROM VICTORY

• LIVING IN PEACE

• LIVING IN JOY

OR

DRIVEN by:

• TRAUMA

• WORKS

• ANXIETY

• WORKS

• SELF WILL

There are consequences of not knowing The Ways of Rest. The Hebrews did not enter the Promised Land because of their disobedience and they died in the wilderness.

“Now the promise of entering into God’s rest is still for us today. So we must be extremely careful to ensure that we all embrace the fullness of that promise and not fail to experience it. For we have heard the good news of deliverance just as they did, yet they didn’t join their faith with the Word. Instead, what they heard didn’t affect them deeply, for they doubted. For those of us who believe, faith activates the promise and we experience the realm of confident rest! For he has said, “I was grieved with them and made a solemn oath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’” God’s works have all been completed from the foundation of the world, for it says in the Scriptures, And on the seventh day God rested from all his works. And again, as stated before, They will not enter into my rest. Those who first heard the good news of deliverance failed to enter into that realm of faith’s rest because of their unbelieving hearts. Yet the fact remains that we still have the opportunity to enter into the faith-rest life and experience the fulfillment of the promise! For God still has ordained a day for us to enter into called “Today.” For it was long afterward that God repeated it in David’s words, “If only today you would listen to his voice and do not harden your hearts!” So we conclude that there is still a full and complete Sabbath-rest waiting for believers to experience. As we enter God’s faith-rest life we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates his finished works and rests in them. So then we must be eager to experience this faith-rest life so that no one falls short by following the same pattern of doubt and unbelief.”

Hebrews 4:1-7, 9-11 TPT