Exodus 16:23 “Tomorrow is
to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want
to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until
the morning.”
Today is Saturday. Moses taught the Israelites that Saturday is a
day of rest, set aside for the LORD.
Sabbath’s purpose is perhaps lost
on us. God designed us to work but also to rest. We honor God in our work and
in our rest from work when that rest includes time with God.
Friday was a day to make a
double measure of food. Every other day was a day to make just what the Israelites
needed for that day (“give us our daily bread,” prayed Jesus, a faithful
child of Israel.)
Has the idea of sabbath rest become
impossible for you? Could plan your week so that one day involves less rushing,
less stressing over life’s demands? If life has become for you a ‘24/7/365’ grind
are truly enjoying life as God intends it to be enjoyed?
Tomorrow is a day of sabbath
rest. Bake enough today so that tomorrow
you can rest in the Lord.
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