Today is another Sabbath.
On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
-Genesis 2
What does it look like for God to work?
What does it look like for God to rest?
How can God rest?
Without God's work we couldn't breathe. It wouldn't rain. We couldn't forgive.
I wonder if You had to rest or if You wanted to. And either way why? You must have wanted to because You do not get tried because I doubt Your energy supply could run out since You are the source of all energy and life.
Sabbath, what an interesting commandment.
The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
-Mark 2
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.
-Leviticus 23
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep 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, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
-Exodus 20
Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don’t pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day. Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day, and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
-Isaiah 58
Grace says done.
nature says do.
We are commanded to rest and to not only rest but to enjoy the rest.
You know how we humans are. You know that if You did not command we rest at least once a week that our strife would kill us. That our greed could work us to the bone. And so we are commanded to stop. Commanded to do nothing. Commanded to in no way earn. We are commanded to simply exist.
I Love You Jesus. I love that one of Your commandments is rest. I love that You Yourself rested at the end of the week. I don't understand it but I do delight in it.
Today I will do nothing, just as you command.
Save You - Matthew Perryman Jones
On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
-Genesis 2
What does it look like for God to work?
What does it look like for God to rest?
How can God rest?
Without God's work we couldn't breathe. It wouldn't rain. We couldn't forgive.
I wonder if You had to rest or if You wanted to. And either way why? You must have wanted to because You do not get tried because I doubt Your energy supply could run out since You are the source of all energy and life.
Sabbath, what an interesting commandment.
The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
-Mark 2
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.
-Leviticus 23
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep 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, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
-Exodus 20
Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don’t pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day. Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day, and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
-Isaiah 58
Grace says done.
nature says do.
We are commanded to rest and to not only rest but to enjoy the rest.
You know how we humans are. You know that if You did not command we rest at least once a week that our strife would kill us. That our greed could work us to the bone. And so we are commanded to stop. Commanded to do nothing. Commanded to in no way earn. We are commanded to simply exist.
I Love You Jesus. I love that one of Your commandments is rest. I love that You Yourself rested at the end of the week. I don't understand it but I do delight in it.
Today I will do nothing, just as you command.
Save You - Matthew Perryman Jones