Yom Shabbat, Tishri 21, 6004 – September 21, 2019
Overcoming Fears
Sometimes I see why YAH created the Sabbath for a certain purpose. Of course, there are likely many. However, one that comes to mind this morning is, overcoming fear. The Sabbath is meant to be a safe place. It is a place where we leave routine life behind. We are meant to focus on YAH and His work, I believe.
Leviticus 23:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.
The word “holy” here means set apart. This day was established before the fall of mankind. Some would say the entire Law was always present, because it is the heart of YAH. I would agree. However, recorded in Genesis is the establishment of this Sabbath detail.
Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
So we see that YAH has created a margin, a separation, from what we traditionally do, as a form of recognition and celebration. The next week would have been interesting, I would think. However, there is nothing recorded after this but the fall.
Let’s not surrender to our fears. Instead, when the Sabbath appears, let’s rest.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are King. Praise the name YAH! Let Your kingdom come here in the hearts and minds and bodies of the people. Let Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Send us now Your provision. Forgive us our trespasses and transgressions, and help us all to forgive those that have trespassed or transgressed against us. Deliver us from the evil here. Keep us from temptations. Restore unto Your people that which has been taken or held back in any way, and the more besides. We ask all these things of You Father King in the name YAH Yeshuah HaMashiach. Amen.