The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts. “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places. “These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord ‘s Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.” (Leviticus 23:1-8 ESV)
How many of us know what sabbath is?
Do you rest from your work? How many of us are constantly connected through our iPads, iPhones, smart phones… Do we actually take time off from our jobs, or rest from our work? We are constantly connected that we do not really know what rest is. Even on vacation we are getting emails, and connected to the world around us. We do not have a day of rest. I mean really God the one who never sleeps took a day after creating the universe (and how long is a day in creation?) and from this we can see that sleep is not rest because God never sleeps yet He rested…
So how can you rest and actually be at rest…
I know this is hard for me. I am always connected much to the dismay of my wife. I have gotten a little better but I can do much better. Maybe we should all take a day and leave our phones and smart devices in the charger… Do some real life interfacing and actually rest from our labors…
So do you rest?
aSacredRebel 