September 11, 2023: The Sabbath Is Loaded!

“So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.” (Genesis 2:3, ESV)

The word 'blessed' comes from a Hebrew word that means—to endure with success, prosperity, and longevity. Another way of saying that is—God filled the seventh day with abundant life! He filled it with Himself! The Sabbath is a powerfully loaded day! And we are invited into it to rest. We are encouraged by God to enter into His rest. And in Exodus twenty, we are commanded to remember the Sabbath and to keep it holy by not working on it but resting in it! All we have to do is enter the rest of the seventh day. 
    
Not only did God bless the seventh day, but He made it holy! How did He make it holy? He marked it. He set it apart from all the other days. He put himself into it. Because He put himself into it, it became holy. Remember Moses at the burning bush? God told him to take his shoes off because He was standing on holy ground. The ground was holy because God was upon it.
    
God made the seventh day a day where man could come and rest. He could come and be endued with success, prosperity and longevity. Man would receive the God kind of life in a supernatural manner. When he came out of that day, he would be supernaturally empowered to face a new work week! What an opportunity for us!