So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

There is a Sabbath rest promised to me but it is a rest that I must be intentional about attaining. And it is not a surface obedience, a legalistic setting aside of a day or portion of one but a mind, heart and soul change. A Romans 12:2 transformation. That two-edged sword pierces to the intentions and thoughts of the heart. Lord, bring me to my knees into Your rest.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 140

Mid-day: 119:121-128

Evening: Psalm 65

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