I'm not going to answer any one person but, in so answering, the Lord leads, I have faith I will answer all.
Faith. Grace. All wrapped in God's great mercy, Love, forgiveness
This is the key, Christ peeps. Faith in Jesus' finished work that saved ALL our lives, both, one, is His grace, Him dying, living, forgiving, and, His Spirit, by faith, His Holy Spirit receiving.
This rest comes from these TWO components, if you will, of your having decided initially to use your faith, that is the ABILITY to believe in Him. ALL have it, do you want to use it to believe in Him with your for-given measure, Or not. The choice, it's YOURS.
Once done, IF you have become saved, gotten into the Word then, talked to pastor, plugged into a church, asked someone saved to baptize you in water and Holy Spirit, all these precise doings only after having FIRST prayed to God then you're at what, Christ peeps?
Rest assured , having dine the above things of THIS graph, God will come on your life like a might storm, wholly well pleased with your ways of becoming more and more sanctified because He wants you to 'be ye holy as He is holy.
Now, this is the Way to His great eternal rest, but, can we live in His moment for us, though we are NOT perfect but targeting perfect for our life because Christ desires this of us? You bet we can !
The Spirit will lead you peacably to do great things. In fact, people speak of getting gifts of prophecy, speaking in tongues as needed for being in God's will. Absolutely not ! We only need to be one thing: letting the Lord lead our lives, for the Lot leads.
Simple we are both justified by grace AND faith, so, show God you understand both,cane, you, my Christbros and Christsis' will be in perfect rest.
Heaven on earth ? Yes, hmmm, keep running the race, trying your best to be Holy, perfect, a living sacrifice, and, life after earth is, hmmm, I'm speechless
, but, YES, unequivocally, even unimaginably even to you, by being one with your spirit with His Spirit, which Scripture states is Truth, you can be in the presence of God, as long as you obey Him, you are NOT seeking rest , you are ALREADY 'resting' in Him.