Today on Summit Life, slowing down a bit with Pastor Gidey Greer.

The amount of your strength is equal to the quality of your rest in Christ.

Those who are most mature in their faith are not necessarily those who work the hardest for Jesus,

but those who rest the best in Jesus.

Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor, author, and theologian Gidey Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitavitch.

You know, if there's one thing Americans are proud of, it's busy-ness.

Everyone feels the pressure to work harder and longer, to take on more jobs,

get the next raise, to be successful, respected, and popular.

But today, Pastor Gidey challenges us to be obedient to God, to slow down and enjoy the

blessing of rest. In fact, Pastor Gidey reveals that your ability to rest in God will direct the

course of your entire Christian walk. So let's get started, Pastor Gidey Greer titled today's

message, Finding Inner Rest.

We are on our third week of our study through the book of Hebrews, and this weekend we are in

Hebrews chapter 4. Chapter 4, he introduces a very important concept that is absolutely crucial

if you are going to make it spiritually. Let me say that last part again. He introduces

a concept in chapter 4 that is absolutely crucial if you are going to make it spiritually,

and that is learning to rest in Jesus. Now, there's a great deal of irony in that. You would think

that he would tell those who are struggling in their faith that they need to work harder,

but that's the irony of the gospel, that our strength comes not from how hard we work,

our strength comes from how well we rest. Because all the way back to Isaiah 30, 15 where the prophet

Isaiah said it is in quietness and confidence that our strength will be found. So here is the

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