True Joy!

Isaiah 58: 13 - 14

¹³ “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, ¹⁴ then you will find your joy in the Lord”…

So many people see the Sabbath as an obligation.

Did you know that it’s a blessing to be received, more than it’s an obligation?

God wants His people to be refreshed and rest.

He has allowed this day to reconnect with Him.

Everything that God does for us is meant to be relational, not obligational.

God mandated this break in the action for us, because we’re constantly rationalizing why we’re so stinking busy.

It’s no wonder why people come to work exhausted on Monday mornings.

Are you exhausted today? Maybe it’s because you failed to pause.

Why do most people even open up the Bible?

Is it to find out what God requires, or is it to discover His heart for you?

Did you take a break yesterday, from the things that truly burden you?

That’s what God meant the Sabbath to be.

Maybe the next time we need to find true rest, we should really take the opportunity…