But until then we need to heed the injunction of the apostle, and to “fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of us should seem to come short of it” (Hebrews 4:1).
Having a knowledge of Canaan,
singing the songs of Canaan,
rejoicing in the prospect of entering into Canaan,
did not bring the children of Israel into the vineyards and olive groves of the Promised Land. They could make it theirs in truth only
by occupation,
by complying with the conditions,
by exercising living faith in God,
by appropriating His promises to themselves...."
That I May Know Him p.162,E.G.W. 