Saturday, February 22, 2014

Remembering The Sabbath

Our God asks us to remember the sabbath. Last night at fellowship I heard yet more reasons why that is. I have heard people say that the sabbath is for rest, which is true. However, that doesn’t mean sleep all day. It means to rest with God. Keeping the sabbath means to spend time with God because we believe in Him and trust Him.

Hebrews 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

We see here that the children of Israel in the wilderness did not enter into God’s rest. Notice it says “my rest”, meaning in part that God is there and we can get there. It is also important to note that they did not know His ways and their heart was in a bad place. Paul spoke about this many times in his letter to the Hebrews.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

It takes faith to rest with God on the sabbath. We must believe in Him and believe that He takes care of us. After all, we have to give up what we think is important in our life on that day and look to Him for what He has in store. That does not only take faith, it frequently takes patience.

Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. You alone are King. Please let us spend today with You. Please show us Your ways. We ask that You give to us today, the blessings we need to survive today. We need You. Please send us Your healing today Father, and your provision and deliverance. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.