Exodus 20:8-11
8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9For six days you shall labour and do all your work. 10But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
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When we talk about work, we have to remember to talk about sabbath, about balance, about rest. If we work constantly and never rest, our vision becomes distorted, and we lost perspective.
I suppose I should confess that I am terrible at resting. Rather than take Friday and Saturday off, I usually end up working in some mode. Sabbath doesn't come naturally to me.
In today's world, I don't think it comes naturally to any of us. We have tuned our lives so that we will work constantly, trying to 'get ahead', believing that if we stop working, if we stop moving, all the balls we have up in the air will come crashing down around us.
When we take sabbath, when we experience holy rest, we stop and remember that only the Lord can save us, that all of life belongs to God and that He will care for us. We don't have to do everything ourselves. In Sabbath, we are recharged, rejuvenated, re-aligned with our perspective. When we take holy rest, we are reminded that our primary purpose is to glorify God, not to get ahead in the world.
Sabbath doesn't have to look the same for everyone. Do what is gloriously enjoyable for you. Just remember to take sabbath, to be recharged and rest in the Lord's favor.
Blessings
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