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Saturday, January 4
Jeremiah 17:19-27
A HOLY DAY
Do not…work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy... Jeremiah 17:22, NIV
Do not work on the Sabbath and be blessed is the message in today's text. Apparently, blessing does not come from the intensity of toil we subject our bodies to. Blessing is a product of obedience to divine instruction to "…hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein" (v. 24 - KJV).
The instruction was that all human labours should be done within the six days of the week. The seventh day should be dedicated to the worship of God and bodily rest. By our obedience, we provoke and compel God to:
(a) bring people of eminence to grace our land and bless us
(b) enter into a covenant of being eternally present with us
(c) cause people on our land to gather for His worship and praise.
Disobedience can bring poverty and kindle God's anger against us. The instruction to keep the Sabbath holy is for our good, even today. God does not want us to keep working till we drop dead. He desires that humans labour hard albeit with wisdom.
The Old Testament Sabbath day is the equivalent of today's Sunday because Jesus arose from the dead on a Sunday. When we do what the Lord says, we will receive what He promised. Therefore, hallow the Sabbath and be blessed. Because God had made Sunday a holy day, accept it and enjoy the blessings therein.
• Birthday Blessing: "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." Romans 10:11
Read Bible Through Passage: Genesis 9, 10, 11; Matthew 4
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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