I apologize for not having any blogs lately but it has been incredibly busy between Christmas, New Years, and trying to cram a seminary class into one week. It is good to finally have a chance to sit back and breath, to relax a little bit. It is always good to take time and reflect back. God commanded us to keep the Sabbath day holy in Exodus 20:8. What does that mean though? While there are a couple different elements as far as worshiping and rest, I think the Sabbath is also a time of reflection.
We see in Genesis that God declared the Sabbath day holy, but look at what God did before he rested. He took a moment to reflect upon His work and then declared it excellent in every way. Once God reflected and evaluated what he had done, He was then able to rest. I think often times we skip over that part. We work and rest, work and rest, but we never reflect. We need to look back at the week and take inventory of what we have done. We need to ask ourselves, “Is it good? Is it excellent in every way? Were my thoughts clean? Are my relationships good? Did I go places I shouldn’t have gone or dishonor God?”
Through reflection, we refocus our lives. Once we have done this, we can truly rest in the peace of God.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008
by Andrew McDaniel