The Sabbath isn't something to dread but take delight in; it's a time of refreshment & rejuvenation.
The Sabbath was designed for your delight.
Isaiah 58:13-14 The Message - 13-14 “If you watch your step on the Sabbath and don’t use my holy day for personal advantage, If you treat the Sabbath as a day of joy, God’s holy day as a celebration, If you honor it by refusing ‘business as usual,’ making money, running here and there - Then you’ll be free to enjoy God! Oh, I’ll make you ride high and soar above it all. I’ll make you feast on the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob.”Yes! God says so!
Psalms 37:4 NLT - “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.”
Mark 2:27-28 NIV - 27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Application: Spend some time this week thinking about what brings you delight, what is a way you really enjoy being refreshed and connecting with God. Make a list. Take delight in those things by doing them.
