I smiled at the Father’s humor in requiring me to talk about creating Sabbath as I just came off my sixth week of implementing a Sabbath and I am sensing His sweet pleasure in my small attempts of obedience. I find that I work in hope the rest of the week knowing that every Friday I will require myself to stop, rest and delight – three principles of biblical Sabbath:
STOP. The Ruler of the universe never stops…so we can.
REST. Stopping isn’t enough, we must make time to rest and recharge.
DELIGHT. Sabbath is taking time to delight in God’s handiwork and our many blessings. Some blessings are obvious every day, but others will require creating a Sabbath to discover them!
This week consider enjoying God’s GIFT of Sabbath: stopping, resting and delighting. You’ll be better for it and perhaps you’ll find as I have that every other day is being set to a new Spirit-led rhythm as well.
It. Is. Changing. My. Life… join me?
Pastor Sandy