May 19, 2015: Deuteronomy 5:12-15

Deuteronomy 5:12-15

¹² Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. ¹³ Six days you shall labor and do all your work. ¹⁴ But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns, so that your male and female slave may rest as well as you. ¹⁵ Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.

Reflection

The 10 Commandments - This list contains all of the major boundaries that God lays out to define those who follow him. God says things like - do not murder, do not lie, do not worship idols, do not covet, etc... In the middle of the list God says this statement: observe the sabbath day. In God's eyes keeping the sabbath is just as important as not murdering someone. If that's the case then why don't we take time for sabbath? Our society is obsessed being busy 24/7 and that attitude is alive and well within the church. If God thinks it's that important then why don't we?

Reflection Questions
Morning: How will you keep sabbath today? Think of a simple way to take time to rest. Write it down and commit to it.
Afternoon: How will you keep sabbath this week? Think of a way to do something meaningful for yourself this week. Write it down and commit to it.
Evening: How will you keep sabbath this month? What is one thing you can do with your family? Write it down and commit to it.