Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Genesis 2: 1b-3 New International Version (NIV)
Breathe
rest in Rest,
holy Leisure—
airtight Time:
Sabbath.
hearing Ears,
Creation slowing–
open Eyes:
Sabbath.
guiltless Feasting,
sacred Rhythms–
Heaven Hugging:
Sabbath.
Nothing-doing
Nowhere-going–
Work unknowing:
Sabbath.
– Johnathn David Walt
He has planted eternity in the human heart…
Ecclesiastes 3:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee. – -Augustine
Desire is infinite partly because we were made by God, made for God, made to need God, and made to run on God. We can be satisfied only by the One who is infinite, eternal, and able to supply all our needs; we are only at home in God. When we fall away from God, the desire for the infinite remains, but it is displaced upon things that will certainly lead to destruction. -Dallas Willard
6 days shall you labor, the 7th is the Lord’s…
In commanding us to rest from our labors, God is inviting us to enjoy His goodness.
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy…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 20:11 (NIV)
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 5:15 (NIV)
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest…
Hebrews 4:9-11 (NIV)
Sabbath reminds us the we were made for Eden. Sabbath reminds us that we were rescued from Egypt. Sabbath reminds us that every day we’re getting closer to the Day when Jesus returns for the restoration of all things
Those who practice the Sabbath live the other 6 days of the week differently.
God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him. – -Andrew Murray
One step at a time, one week at a time. Try something new this week, and keep practicing, and keep growing.
Rest, Renewal, Reverence : Rest from your work, Find renewal, physically, spiritually, relationally , Practice holy reverence with God