September 15, 2023: The Power of The Seventh Day

“And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.” (Genesis 2:2, ESV)

On the seventh day God finished His work and rested. Evening and morning were the first day. Each day began and finished like that. Each day, God added to His creation more and more things. Everything that God created was for man, the crowning creation event! Every day, God did something magnificent, and it was all being done with man in His heart. Day one, light. Day two, sky and water. Day three, rivers, oceans, lands, trees, and plants! Day four, stars, sun and moon! Day five, fish and bird of every kind! Day six, wild animals, livestock, small animals, and Man, the image bearer of God! Everything that God created was for man!
    
Wait, that is only six days. What about the seventh day? Was God less intentional on that day? Or was that day set in place by God for a specific and holy reason? The seventh day was the apex of the first week! There would be no work on this day. It was a day for man and God to enjoy each other. It was holy, set apart for the purposes of God. The Sabbath was made for man! Before man knew the animals of creation, God wanted man to know Him so that man could work from God, not for Him