-One Hundred- The Grace Of The Sabbath

The Grace of the Sabbath

Today’s Reading: Mark 2:23-28

Focal Verse: Mark 2:27

Then He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.”

Satan and the world system try to distort every good gift God has given us.  One of these is the Sabbath.
God made us and knew our bodies, minds and spirits functioned best with rest.  So He built it in!  He commanded that six days we would work, but the seventh day was set apart for rest (Exodus 23:12).  In His grace, He put into place something He knew was needed for us to get fullness of life.
The religious leaders of Jesus’ day had so distorted the original intent of the Sabbath that it had become a day of stress instead of a day of rest.  Today, most of us live in such a hurried way that we try to defy our body’s need for rest.  Both are distortions of what God’s intent was.
The Sabbath – a day set aside from your normal labors for rest.  A gracious gift from your loving Creator.

Study what God’s word had to say about the Sabbath.

Rediscover His loving gift to you.