Sometime later | Hebrews 4

So after I finished Romans I nipped over to Hebrews, and I've been (slowly) working my way through that.
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Heb. 4:1
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.

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So we've just come out of another passage where the writer quotes from the Psalms a longer passage including what's repeated here in v1. And largely we're told not to fall short of "God's rest" for lack of belief.

But this verse spoke to me a little - the "they" is the exodus: if they didn't combine the same message with faith, but we need to some uh... pretty big faith!

Now they moaned and complained a lot: but they also lived in tents for 40 years: so from a human perspective some moaning is justified I think! But clearly not good enough.

But now I see again how sometimes (uh, all the time Matt, you're just a bit slow on the uptake) my standard-human-values-judgement just won't do: and I need God's wisdom to know how my values, attitudes and actions would best play out.

The weirdness continues when we find out this chapter is all about the sabbath! So you can't even earn it by works either.

Spirit, I need you more. Come and build in me the kind of faith, patience and wisdom you need; the kind that doesn't base reactions on perspective or position, but on truth: often veiled or hidden in human estimation, but near and intimate always to you.