Daily Reading
Daily Reflection
This passage is about a conflict over the Sabbath day. The sabbath day is a day on which you are to rest and not do your labor. The religious leaders were saying this man, Jesus, is working and his work breaks the Sabbath. But Jesus says in essence, "no, my work makes the Sabbath." He says this because what he does gives us a Sabbath rest that the weekly Sabbath only points toward. The weekly Sabbath points to a crew rest, it points to the "REM" of the soul. Jesus says -- my work is the key to that rest.
The question we have before us is this, are you experiencing that kind of rest? When you lie down to sleep do you rest like that? Does your soul have the bags under its eyes? As silly as that image is, you probably know exactly what I mean. You know the restlessness of your own soul. So our question today is simple, what is this Sabbath rest and how do we get it?
Daily Worship Resources
Morning Readings: Psalm 128 > | Ezekiel 36:22-32 >
Evening Readings: Romans 4:6-13 >
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