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the rest grace provides

Hebrews 4:1-13 (JDV)

Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us stay in fear so that none of you will seem to have fallen short.
Hebrews 4:2 You see, we also have received the good news just like they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since they did not join with those who heard it in faith.
Hebrews 4:3 You see, we who have believed enter the rest, in keeping with what he has said, So I swore in my anger, “They will not enter my rest,” even though his works have been finished since the foundation of the universe.
Hebrews 4:4 You see, somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in this way: And on the seventh day, God rested from all his works.
Hebrews 4:5 Again, in that passage he says, They will never enter my rest.
Hebrews 4:6 Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience,
Hebrews 4:7 he again specifies a certain day – today. He specified this speaking through David after such a long time: Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.
Hebrews 4:8 You see, if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
Hebrews 4:9 Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people.
Hebrews 4:10 You see, the person who has entered his rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from his.
Hebrews 4:11 Let us then make every effort to enter that rest so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:12 You see, the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of throat and breath, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:13 No creature is hidden from him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

the rest grace provides

The grace of God provides a rest for those who choose by faith to stop working for their own salvation and trust God to provide it. This Sabbath rest is not a ritual, and it cannot be performed only one day a week. This Sabbath rest is the promise of God to accept the atonement bought by Christ’s blood and to apply that work to the believer’s account.

If you have trusted Christ for your salvation, you need never worry again about God’s acceptance. The only effort God requires is the effort to enter that rest. Once that is done by faith, your salvation is not the issue. You are now free to love others as Christ loved you — not so you can be saved, but so that they can.