Enter

 

There remains
a rest

for those who have
believed

who’ve heard the gospel
preached

and gladly it
received.

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I can enter Your rest for You are with me.

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“For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them, but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.”

“For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said . . .”

“There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.”

Hebrews 4:2,3,9. NKJV

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This Gate

 

As I entered
by the east
and then the gate
was shut

I’ve set My seal
upon you
making you one
with Us.

You establish Your entering in.

“Then He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces toward the east, but it was shut. And the LORD said to me, ‘This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the LORD God of Israel has entered by it, therefore it shall be shut.’ ” Ezekiel 44:1,2 NKJV

The Narrow Gate

“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.” Luke 13:24

If the gate is narrow, there must be a good reason.

Lord, please help me keep stripped down of any unnecessary baggage [attitudes, false beliefs, prejudices] that makes me too wide to fit through. And here’s a simple poem . . .

Entering

The gate is narrow
Your arms are wide
as the cross
upon which You died

and I’m so, so thankful
there is any width of way
so I’ll strive to enter
just as You say.