You and I have a great high priest who is 24-7 sitting on the right hand of God,

whose job it is to help a brother out.

Dr. Tony Evans, talking about the God who gets you.

In spite of the trials, in spite of the failure, he says, don't quit, I'm here.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Believing God has a purpose for your life is one thing, but pressing toward it when life gets hard is another.

Today, Dr. Evans explains how God goes before us and meets us right where we are, offering

exactly what we need to keep moving forward.

Let's listen.

The backdrop to the concept of rest is numbers 13 and 14 when Israel was on the precipice

of entering the promised land.

And he calls the promised land his rest.

Because God had already set it up for them by letting theites, Hittites, Amorites, Jebusites,

Canaanites, dig wells, build buildings, build houses, build cities.

He said, I've done all of this to set it up for you when you arrive.

And he calls it his rest because he pre-did it before they got there.

Just like he says he did in creation when he created man after he created everything else to make it ready for man man was getting the result of what he had previously done so when it talks about entering his rest

it is entering in what god has already pre-set up for you.

And therefore, you don't have to make it happen.

He set it up for it to happen.

You just have to arrive there.

So it's called entering his rest.

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