Sabbath
Sabbath comes from the Hebrew root word, shabath, which means to cease, desist, rest: brought to an end.
Many Christians will stand firm on their belief of the Sabbath. Some say Saturday.... some say Sunday.... The devil delights in dividing us. What does Jesus say? When is the Sabbath? When does God want us to rest in Him? The
answer is always. The New Covenant Sabbath is 24/7. There is no certain day or time frame for which God wants us to limit our worship of Him and rest from our works. He desires us to always rest from our works and allow His works to flow through us.
In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus said, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
I picture us carrying a backpack that starts off empty as an infant. As we experience the world, the backpack begins to accumulate items such as stress, worries, discontentment, anger, greed, peer pressure, and the list goes on. I reached a point in my life where I became very weary and the backpack the world gave me to carry became too much of a burden. It was exhausting! Bring your backpack to Jesus and He will give you rest. As we hook into His yoke, there is no backpack to carry and He takes the burden. Amen! :-)
Many Christians will stand firm on their belief of the Sabbath. Some say Saturday.... some say Sunday.... The devil delights in dividing us. What does Jesus say? When is the Sabbath? When does God want us to rest in Him? The
answer is always. The New Covenant Sabbath is 24/7. There is no certain day or time frame for which God wants us to limit our worship of Him and rest from our works. He desires us to always rest from our works and allow His works to flow through us.
In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus said, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
I picture us carrying a backpack that starts off empty as an infant. As we experience the world, the backpack begins to accumulate items such as stress, worries, discontentment, anger, greed, peer pressure, and the list goes on. I reached a point in my life where I became very weary and the backpack the world gave me to carry became too much of a burden. It was exhausting! Bring your backpack to Jesus and He will give you rest. As we hook into His yoke, there is no backpack to carry and He takes the burden. Amen! :-)
Jesus shows us an example of rest as the author of Hebrews describes in 12:2, "fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God."
Jesus sat down at the right hand of the Father because His work was finished.
The reality that we are seated with Him is one for us to remember; we are already seated and have been seated with Him since the cross.
right hand of the throne of God."
Jesus sat down at the right hand of the Father because His work was finished.
The reality that we are seated with Him is one for us to remember; we are already seated and have been seated with Him since the cross.
Paul wrote in Ephesians 2:5-6 that God made
us alive together with Christ, and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him
in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Amen!
Many believers feel that one day they will be able to relax in heaven after they finish trying to be like Jesus on earth.
Please understand brothers that we are already in heaven and heaven is on earth. It is all through Jesus Christ.
Let's realize the awesome reality of resting in Jesus. The harvest of abundance will result from His will and His work shining through us while we rest from our works and our will. Amen! :-)
The sons of Korah wrote in Psalm 46:10, "Cease striving and know that I am God;" (NASB)
Jesus used the parable of Martha and Mary to teach us about the
importance of rest. In Luke 10:38, Jesus said, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her."
Mary was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word while Martha was distracted with all her preparations.
It is God's purpose to bring us to the place where we rest totally in the sufficiency of Christ within us in every situation.
The New Testament
model of a Christian is not one who dedicates his own work to God. Rather it is
the story of God Himself doing the work through a person totally yielded to
Him.
Resting in Christ is the sole responsibility of the Christian. Everything else flows out of that; out of Him. Amen ! :-)
