Life gets so filled with frantic activity. We are driven by the need to help our children become all they can be. We want to feel like we are involved in important things and be successful. The drive for stuff and the need to be doing keep us from our Sabbath. What we often forget is that the Sabbath principle established by God.
Even pastors can get lost in the frenzied actions of ministering in Jesus’ name and forget the command of God to come aside and rest and worship. Once again I am learning the power of the Sabbath – of stopping, resting and focusing on Jesus. The Sabbath can keep us from drifting. It renews our spirits, our hearts, our minds and emotions.
God rested on the seventh day. God commanded the Israelites to stop farming every seventh year and every fiftieth year (The end of seven sevens of years) in order to rest and worship. He commands us to remember the Sabbath day as well.
The Sabbath is really about trusting God. Living the Sabbath may mean realizing that everything is in God’s hands. When I live the Sabbath principle I can let go of everything that clutters my life and relax, renew, refresh and review on the Sabbath.
Daily living soils my heart and drains my spirit. The Sabbath allows me to lay my heart before God to be cleansed. It allows me to open my spirit to be filled once again. It provides a time to appraise where my life has been and where it is heading. The Sabbath helps me express that my faith is in God ALONE.
This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it. Isaiah 30:15 NIV
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I have tried to sign on here to leave a comment. I am not sure if this will get posted or not. I am just pressing forward to leave a note anyway. I have "pondered" on which day my Sabath should be. And this lead me to "ponder" the significane of a seven day week.... My findings: God knows what He is doing! Amen
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