Through Sunday school years (those of us that went to sunday school), that the earth was created in 6 days and that on the 7th God rested and there for we are to have a day of rest (Exodus 20:8-11) and count that day holy.
How often do we think that the sabbath (a day of rest) is just a day to sit around the place, chill out, relax, maybe watch tv, maybe doing nothing.
i want to challenge that concept, that the sabbath is just a day to have off and relax.
I think it is meant to be more than that.
In Exodus 20 verse 10 it says that the "seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to the Lord"
So according to that verse the day is meant to be dedicated to the Lord
Isaiah 58:13 puts it this way,
"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. Honour the Lord in everything you do and don't follow your own desires or talk idly, if you do this the Lord will be your delight"
So i am thinking that the sabbath day is a day to spend with the Lord, not just chilling out, doing what we want to do, or not doing anything at all, which i think we tend to do a lot of (just doing what we want to do, when we have a day off). To spend the day with the Lord, sitting with Him, talking with Him, asking Him what He wants you to be doing, how He wants you to spend the day... It may be just sitting with Him, chillin out, watching a movie, or could be walking around your neighbourhood with Christ, praying for it or it could also be going out and serving the community around you....
I think the key is spending time with the Lord... and doing what He wants you to do all day... not just doing the things that you want or think you should do... Unless you ask Christ, you'll never know if He has other ideas of how you should be spending the day... and His ideas are generally better.
Actually this concept is not just good for the sabbath, it would be a good practice in general.
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