When we “rest” in Jesus Christ, we “cease from our own works” and “walk” in those prepared for us by God from the foundation of the world (Ephesians 2:10).
The generation that God brought out of Egyptian bondage missed the opportunity to “enter into rest” because of their unbelief, and died in the wilderness. Their children entered into and possessed the Promised Land; however, they did not “enter into rest”, because that “rest” [from self-effort] had not been promised to them but to their parents (Psalm 95:11).
The promise of “rest” was held over until it could be offered once again, in Christ. We cannot enter into that rest until we have ceased from our own works: stop doing things the way we’ve been doing them.
We need to bring our ‘burdens’ to the Cross and take on our Lord’s “yoke” (prepare to do his works) and his “light burden” (his loving duty to others). Only then will we be able to “walk in the works that God has prepared for us” from the foundation of the world. They take place naturally.
Jesus “finished the work” that his Father had given him to do; he left nothing undone. We need to stop trying to do things our way and instead do things God’s way. When we do, we’ll “enter into” the “rest” that God prepared for us and “walk in His works” (John 14:12).
In doing so we’ll be busier than ever! Every good work you and I will ever do was prepared because our decision for Christ was foreknown by God; and because everything reproduces after its kind, we will naturally do the things that Jesus did.
So don’t fret about what you think you should be doing; instead, stop and “rest” in the work that God finished — His preordained destiny for you based on His foreknowledge of the decisions you would make and the willingness you would have to walk in His will. In so doing you’ll wear the yoke of service that Jesus wore, which is easy to wear, and his burden of love, which is easy to bear.
You’ll walk in the Spirit, not in the flesh, and in spiritual freedom, not religious bondage. You’ll do so as a child of God. Not as a slave to religious regulations.