Driving by our Blue Seal store today, I noticed a sign announcing “Starting July 4 closed Sundays.” I wanted to run inside and thank them. What if every store in town did the same thing? “Wendy’s closed on Sundays – come back for chili on Monday.” ” Benson’s closed on Sundays – that washer repair can wait one day”. “Dunkin’ closed on Sundays – take a caffeine break!” What a concept. Our merry-go-round culture could use a weekly break. What if we just all stopped running in circles and did nothing but breathe for a day, just one day a week? Would the world end?
Jesus noted that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. It was God’s idea in the first place, flowing from His father’s heart, and even God Himself took a Sabbath. Are we smarter than God? Has anyone out there developed a more effective plan for living in this crazy world?
The writer of the book of Hebrews reminds us, “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from His own work, just as God did from His.” (Hebrews 4:9,10). Stop! Rest! Lean back in the arms of Jesus! Let the Holy Spirit guide, inform and empower you. As the old song lyrics go, “There’s nothing more that I can do, for Jesus paid it all”.
