““Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
Exodus 20:8-11 NIV
1) We are made to work hard
" six days you shall labor and do all your work,"
2) We are not made to work non-stop
"....on it, you shall not do any work,.."
3) We are made to rest
"... , but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God.. He rested on the seventh day."
Sabbath - to cease, to end, or to rest
The Sabbath - 4 concepts
A) Rhythm
God has build the rhythm of work and rest.
God's rhythm for us:
Time to rest and time to be still everyday.
B) Refocus
Stop and focus on God.
God is the Lord of our lives.
The Sabbath day is not a holiday but a holy day.
A day where we set apart and put God in the center of our lives.
It's an intentional shift from me to HIM
It's a MOVE from work to WORSHIP
We all need that. To get refreshed and new strength from God.
It's God in control and I am not.
C) Renewal
The state of being made new.
In our body, soul and spirit
"If you don't come apart and rest awhile, you will come apart."
-Old proverb-
“Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.”
Mark 6:31-32 NIV
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV
Each time you take time to rest in God, you will be renewed, sharpen faith with God, the supernatural touch from God to strength and renewal your soul.
D) Reliance
A rest of faith
No matter what we do, God is in control of my life.
One day out of six day, we stop and put God in control in my life.
Learn to honor Him as the source of my life.
It's not what I can do, it's what God can do in my life.
God delights when we put our trust in Him
“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves.”
Psalm 127:1-2 NIV
““Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28 NIV
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