In the past God lead his people out of Egypt. They wandered through the desert for 40 years, and endured a great time of suffering. Why? It was because of their disobedience. God had chosen his people and he had saved them from the hands of the Egyptians, but they made the choice to disobey him. In doing so, they didn't find the rest that God had intended for them. What could have been a very short move from Egypt to the promised land ended up being a 40 year ordeal. It took faith to remain obedient to God while they were in the desert, but it was worth it.
We know that the rest God intends for his people is wonderful, but for some reason we harden ourselves to God. We find ourselves in the desert. We grow accustomed to living in a wilderness outside of God's rest. It becomes easy to doubt, and it becomes easy to adjust and compensate rather than to pray and hope. "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
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