To be able to
develop a close relationship with God, we need to spend quality time with Him.
We need to study His Word, and let His Holy Spirit speak to us through it. We
require time to spend in earnest prayer, talking to Him, praising and worshiping
Him. We need time to look at nature and reflect on all the wonderful creations
that He has made. And finally, we need time to spend with fellow believers, to
worship together in song and have fellowship with each other, encouraging one
another and building up each other’s faith by our testimonies.
In this hectic
world with our busy lifestyles it is so easy to get so engrossed in other things
that we never have time for God. Some of us may spend a couple of hours of a
Sunday morning attending church, but then the hum drum of the rat race catches
up with us, and we find ourselves mowing lawns, going to the footy, or off doing
other secular activities where God is just not a part of
it.
With stress
related diseases such as heart attack and cancer on the increase every year, the
necessity to take a days break, and bask in the presence of our mighty father in
Heaven, has never been so important. We need to be replenished and rested, so
that our bodies have time to recuperate.
God gave us
His Sabbath day as a blessing to all mankind. A day that we could truly get to
know and fellowship with Him, and not have to do any work or labour. A day on
which to rest, away from the worries and cares of this world. He also ordained
it as a day in remembrance that He is the Creator of Heaven and Earth. The
scriptures say, Exo
20:8-11 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all
thy work: But the seventh
day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore
the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it”.
The
Bible shows the true spirit of the Sabbath. Isaiah
58:13-14 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure
on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight..” It shows that the Sabbath is a
delight. It is a wonderful day and something to look forward to each week.
All Bible
references are from the King James Version.
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