Sabbath.
The word gets thrown around pretty easily. Somewhere in the course of time, the word came to carry the connotation of going to church, on Sundays.
But it means so much more.
Sabbath ”“ “the seventh day of the week, as the day of rest and religious observance among Jews and some Christians; any special day of prayer or rest resembling the Sabbath; any special day of prayer or rest” (dictionary.com).
Sabbath, or the Hebrew word “sabbat”, actually means to stop or to cease. When we take time to stop working, we display an act of trust that it is God holding everything together and not us. We acknowledge our hands do not need to be in everything at every single moment in time.
“Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don’t pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day. Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day, and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly. Then the Lord will be your delight. I will give you great honor and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob. I, the Lord, have spoken!” (Isaiah 58:13-14, NLT)
As I read this Scripture, in the margin of my Bible I wrote ”“ “Keeping the Sabbath ”“> reward”:
- “The Lord will be your delight.”
- “I will give you great honor.”
- “I will satisfy you.”
We like the idea of rewards, but somehow we skip over the part of what one must do to obtain those rewards.
Won’t you join me at Woman to Woman Ministries HERE as we look at the actions we need to take to honor a Sabbath day.
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