Hebrews chapter 4 speaks of a Sabbath Rest available to God’s people (Hebrews 4:9). Under the old covenant, it was observed as a day in the week. But under the New Covenant, it is spoken of as a spiritual place of rest. It is a privilege of every believer to refuse to worry about earthly problems and enter this resting place.
Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience (Hebrews 4:11).
“Strive” means to make a priority of the effort; or indifference could lead to the same disobedience the author is warning us against. While “disobedience” is a willful failure to trust God. The Israelites in the desert forgot God’s multiple displays of goodness and rebelled against the hardships that are an inevitable part of liberation. “Don’t be like them!” the author warns.
The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27).
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