Be Still, and Know That I Am God

I preached yesterday (Sunday December 28, 2015) on the subject of the rest of God. I do not believe I was very clear.
Like some other subjects of the Bible, it is easy to overdo the rest of God. Are we to do nothing? There is one parable that teaches us persistence in prayer. So we can’t maintain we are to do nothing.
For anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. (Hebrews 4:10)
I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. (Luke 11:8)
Which is it to be? Shameless audacity or rest from our works?
Yesterday, after church, I counted up the books, booklets, and essays I have written over the past forty-or-so years. There are 1140 texts. So I cannot be properly called a “do-nothing,” can I? So what is the common denominator of do nothing and work persistently?
The common denominator is: “Listen to Jesus and do what He says.” So simple, but I wonder how many of us listen to Jesus and do what He says. Jesus might tell us to work very hard. Or He might counsel us to come apart and rest for awhile.
A famous Christian leader informed us recently that God does not speak to us today. The Bible tells us all we need to know
The Jews had the scrolls of the Law, didn’t they? Yet they needed their Prophets and the Urim and Thummim to keep them current with God.
I do not believe a more damaging advice could be given to Christian believers, particularly young people, then to say that God does not speak to us today.