September 8, 2023: God Did What? Why?

“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)

On the day God finished all He had done in creating, He brought it to completion and rested. He ceased from all His labors. It is what He does next that must grip our hearts as believers. 
    
First, He blessed the seventh day! This means that God supernaturally endued the seventh day with power for success and prosperity! When God blessed the seventh day, He put abundant 'Zoe' life on it. It was His day, and His presence brought the blessing. Only He has the power to bestow blessing. We are called to enter that seventh day with faith to receive His life.

Second, He made the seventh day holy because He rested from all His creation work. God set this day 'apart' because it was filled with God's purposes! It was sacred because God set it apart for man and His time to be with man. God inhabited this day. 

So, God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because it was to be a day that God and man enjoyed each other. It was to be a distraction-free day that allowed man to receive God-life and find renewal. God did not need rest. He is God. God made the Sabbath for man.
    
God created man on the sixth day. And man's first day on the job was the seventh day, and He was to spend it with God.