Are You Chasing What You Already Have?

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The Rest Is History

Here’s a wild thought: You’re already there. Not almost, not someday, not after a spiritual boot camp. The rest you’re chasing? It’s not a destination. It’s not some “next-level” blessing. It’s Jesus. You’ve been in God’s rest since the moment you believed.

Entering God’s rest? Hebrews 3 and 4 isn’t about pushing believers harder—it’s evangelistic to those still lost in the wilderness of “try harder, be better.”

Rest isn’t a trophy for the spiritual elite. It’s a gift for every one of God’s children. And that means that being “in God’s rest” isn’t a mirage on the horizon but your current reality.

So, you can stop chasing a higher tier. You’re already in the Promised Land—Jesus Himself.

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Discussion Questions:

Read Hebrews 3:18–19. Why does the author connect entering God’s rest with belief versus unbelief? How does that help us understand what “rest” really means?
Read Hebrews 4:3. The passage says, “For we who have believed enter that rest.” How does this verse correct the idea that rest is some future spiritual level to reach?
Read Hebrews 4:10. What does it mean that the one who has entered God’s rest “has rested from his works, as God did from His”? What “works” are we resting from?
Many Christians feel like rest in Christ is always “just out there somewhere”—like the “oasis illusion” described in the message. Why do you think so many believers chase after “more” instead of enjoying what they already have?
The message compared salvation to an “airplane ride” or an “inherited house”—already ours, not something to keep chasing. How do these illustrations reshape how we think about growth, discipleship, or spiritual experiences?
Some traditions teach a “second blessing” or higher tier of Christianity. How would you gently explain from Hebrews 3–4 that all believers already have full access to God’s rest in Christ?

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