You open your Bible app and land on the Ten Commandments. Guilt hits like a brick. You think, “If I could just follow the rules better, God would be happier.” Hebrews chapter three steps in and says, “Rules are a mirror. Jesus is the door.”
“Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant… but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.” (Hebrews 3:5-6 ESV)
Moses served. Jesus rules. That changes everything.
Moses carried stone tablets down the mountain. They showed Israel how far they fell short. The Law is a spotlight, not a ladder. It diagnoses. It does not cure.
Jesus did not come to patch up your rule-keeping. He came to replace it with relationship. The commandments still matter, but they point to the One who kept them perfectly for you.
Israel saw miracles, then grumbled in the wilderness. Their hearts turned to stone. Verse eight warns: “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
Unbelief is not intellectual doubt. It is spiritual stubbornness. You know God is good, but you act like He is not. Stay soft by speaking truth out loud. Tell a friend. Write it in a journal. Keep the soil tender.
The Promised Land was supposed to be rest. Israel missed it because they trusted their fears more than God’s promise. Hebrews says the real rest is not a place or a schedule. It is Jesus.
You do not enter rest by clocking out on Saturday. You enter by trusting the Son who already finished the work.
Catch yourself saying “I have to” about your faith. Change it to “I get to.”
- “I have to pray” → “I get to talk to Jesus.”
- “I have to forgive” → “I get to live free.”
Say it out loud. Watch the weight lift.
What “wilderness” complaint is keeping you from rest right now? Drop it in the comments. Let’s remind each other where home really is.