Many of us may not feel the need to press pause on our workflow. God did not need a day off, He elected to set apart time to enjoy the work He had just done! God sets the precedent for the intentional use of our time. He set the 7th day apart as “holy” or “sacred” ( Genesis 2:2-3). He worked making our known universe for six days straight and then on the seventh day He rested. When we follow God’s commands, he multiplies our time and resources.Īt the start of the Bible is an account of God’s creation of our world. Time and time again, we see that in His economy, He does more with our obedience, even if in many ways that means we are doing less than others. Sabbath is just one way that we are reminded that God is our provider. He created us with real limits and a real need for Him. God has real reasons for instructing and modeling for us the practice of taking a sabbath that we would be wise to pay attention to. We see this truth simply put in Psalm 90:12 which says, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Intentional decisions about how we use our days are an important part of wise-living. The fact is how we use our time has real consequences. These are important and practical questions for every believer, as we now live in a culture that is obsessed with optimizing our time and productivity. This begs the question, “Is the concept of sabbath still applicable to our modern lives?” Are there consequences for pushing ourselves to be “productive” seven days out of the week? Does going harder really mean we accomplish more? Should we protect a sabbath day as a part of our routine? What do we gain when we schedule strategic pauses in our lives? Thankfully, we’ve embraced a more grace-filled approach to our seventh day of the week.
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This level of strict observance of a sabbath is hard to imagine in our modern world, where life keeps going full speed ahead, 24/7. Families spend the day enforcing no playing, talking, or doing much of anything. Recently, my kids and I listened to Farmer Boy by Laura Ingels Wilder and were amazed by the strict description of how the Sunday sabbath was observed during this time. A sabbath is defined as a day of religious observance and abstinence from work. Sabbath once was a sacred and protected sacrament. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. What Does Sabbath Look Like for You? ( Genesis 2:2-3)īy the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing so on the seventh day, he rested from all his work.
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