Re: Think 01-25-09 (part 2)
Written on January 28, 2009 by Matt
Today we will continue the conversation we began Monday about Sabbath. While we started by contemplating the practical aspects of Sabbath, today we turn attention to the Spiritual.
God intended for Sabbath to be a day of perpetual Spiritual Spring, one of multiplication and fruitfulness. When God “blessed” the Sabbath day, this means he made it spiritually fruitful. On Sabbath, the people of Israel were called to celebrate and remember Creation and Salvation. They were to remember not that earth was their mother, but that God was their Very Good Father who had created them in His image according to His likeness to both relate to and reflect Him. They were to celebrate Sabbath as a day of Salvation, remembering that not only had God saved them from the curse and punishment of sin, but that He had delivered them out of bondage in Egypt and brought them into the promised land.
Sabbath is about rest, family connection, community, Joy and Salvation!
The problem for many of us today is we have treated the Sabbath as another day to fill with activity and program, when in reality we need to cease striving, rest and remember our Good God, enjoying His Creation and Celebrating His Salvation.
How do you keep your Sabbath from being filled with perpetual activity?
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