It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.
Exodus 31:17
Moses was a busy man. Leading the Israelites through the wilderness, teaching them the ways of the Lord, being an intercessor between the people and God, and spending time with God to learn and write the 10 Commandments and the laws. He was exhausted and God could tell. So, the last thing God said to Moses up in the mountain as he was to return to the people with the 10 Commandments was…
The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant.
Exodus 31:16
God knew that Moses was exhausted and he knew that the people would exhaust themselves, always striving for more, always hoping to be one step ahead. But he also knew from experience that we would need rest and the only way to get it is to carve time out of all we have to do. So, God implemented the Sabbath, not to stop us from doing more, but to give us rest so we could be refreshed to do better at our More the rest of the week.
There’s always something to do, so we must make time to do nothing with the Lord. For when we take one day to rest with the Lord we can do something Greater with the rest of our week. On our Sabbath God fills our spirit with Peace, he cleanses our hearts and minds, and re-energize is our bodies.
Friends, I love to be busy. I thrive when I have things to do and feel accomplished as I check them off my list. I feel God truly using me in the busyness of each day and by the end of it I crash. But if I don’t get one day each week to stay home and do nothing (have nothing planned), I feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and anxious about everything coming up. I’m a BEAR. And I know it.
To get a glimpse of my life currently, I’m essentially working 4 jobs. (Only one is paying… LOL) But I consider them all four separate jobs that God has called me to do. First, I have my day job on the farm and it’s our busiest season. Hello Strawberries. Then I have my second job, preparing for our first ever strawberry shortcake booth at the Florida Strawberry Festival. Any free minute or car ride I get, I’m making lists, on Amazon, up at the festival, making phone calls, placing orders, finding employees, etc. As soon as I walk in my door of my home, I reached my third job a.k.a. mom and wife. What’s for dinner, my shirts not clean, do we have toothpaste and toilet paper, there’s no clean plates, why is our friend acting like this, can you pray with me, can I have a hug, and I get it all. And somehow in someway, God has also given me a ministry to women and some men, to lead Bible studies in my home, write daily devotions like this one, and film quick videos every Saturday, and I do it all with joy and peace. But I’m not super human, and I’m definitely no superhero; I know my limits and I need rest, so no matter what, I carve out one day to just rest and I LOVE it. Could I be doing some thing on this day, yes, do I get asked to do something every day, yes. But I have to make decisions, I have to say, No, so that I can take my Sabbath and God can give me the rest and refreshment my whole body and soul needs. To be able to do my best in the other six days of the week, I need rest.
We all need a Sabbath. We are all busy, but we have to choose a Sabbath because the world is always giving us something to do. If you want to be at your best, doing what God wants you to do, rest in His Covenant with you, take a Sabbath and experience the refreshment he will do within you.
The Lord replied, “my presence will go with you and I will give you rest.“
Exodus 33:14
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.“
Matthew 11:28 – Jesus
We are only doing our best, when we can take Sabbath and have our rest.
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