Devotional Guide For the week of April 6, 2008
LIFE FOREVERMORE
About the Sabbath
To read the Bible in one year, today read Psalms 25-27
To Know:
³One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems
all days alike. Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.² (Rm.14:
5)
Workaholic is another word for Sabbath breaker. Workaholics will not rest.
The Sabbath day was the divine sign that the Old Covenant people belonged
to
the Lord. ³And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the people of Israel, You
shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout
your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.ı²
(Ex.31: 12,13) The lesson that the Sabbath was meant to teach Godıs people
was that they are flesh and he is God. The Sabbath, as a sign of belonging
to God, ended with the dawn of the New Covenant era. Some in the New
Testament era continued to believe the Sabbath was a certain day. Others
estimated all days the same. The Apostle Paul had no law to promulgate
regarding Sabbath keeping. In Christ the Sabbath was a principle not a
parameter.
The sabbatical principle is that of rest. Jesus said, ³The Sabbath was
made
for man, and not man for the Sabbath.² It is vital that we live our lives
in
Christ and not in our own strength. We were designed to need restoration
every day. That is why God, in his grace, gives to his beloved sleep. None
of us can carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. We who have our
faith in the name of Jesus Christ are to manifest his presence, power and
purpose, by acknowledging him all that we say and do. We rest by ceasing
from our labors. Also we are restored when we make time to wor****p the
Lord
week by week.
To Do:
To keep the Sabbath is to understand that we are called to rest in the
Lord.
We are to live our life in dependence of Godıs good will for us.
To Ask:
Father, Let me not be tempted to live as if the outcome of my life and
work
depended on me. Give me rest.
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