God spent dix days creating this whole world, the whole vast universe, then God rested on the seventh day. It is immense work given that the universe is very very big, a vast expanse; it is so big that even our most powerful telescopes cannot see the edge of the universe, and that it takes light billions of years to travel. God spent enormous vast amounts of energy. “In six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy”. God wants us to rest also on the seventh day, in our case, the first day of the week (Sunday), the Christian Sabbath day. God wants us to have good balance between work and rest. Dear Lord, thank You that You made me to follow after Your heart, to both work and rest for Your glory and my good.
Text: Genesis 1:31-2:2 New International Version
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
[From Our Daily Bread] We sat atop some beach boulders, my friend Soozi and I, watching the foam send up sea spray in arched curls. Looking at the incoming waves crashing one after another against the rocks, Soozi announced, “I love the ocean. It keeps moving so I don’t have to!”
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Isn’t it interesting how some of us feel we need “permission” to pause from our work to rest? Well, that’s just what our good God offers us! For six days, God spun the earth into existence, creating light, land, vegetation, animals, and humans. Then on the seventh day, He rested (Genesis 1:31–2:2). In the Ten Commandments, God listed His rules for healthy living to honor Him (Exodus 20:3–17), including the command to remember the Sabbath as a day of rest (vv. 8–11). In the New Testament, we see Jesus healing all the sick of the town (Mark 1:29–34) and then early the next morning retreating to a solitary place to pray (v. 35). Purposefully, our God both worked and rested.
The rhythm of God’s provision in work and His invitation to rest reverberates around us. Spring’s planting yields growth in summer, harvest in autumn, and rest in winter. Morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night. God orders our lives for both work and rest, offering us permission to do both. By Elisa Morgan
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[From me] God spent dix days creating this whole world, the whole vast universe, then God rested on the seventh day. It is immense work given that the universe is very very big, a vast expanse; it is so big that even our most powerful telescopes cannot see the edge of the universe, and that it takes light billions of years to travel. “In six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy” (v. 11). God wants us to rest also on the seventh day, in our case, the first day of the week (Sunday). God wants us to have good balance between work and rest. Dear Lord, thank You that You made me to follow after Your heart, to both work and rest for Your glory and my good.
Posted April 16, 2023 Sunday
