GPS - Grow, Pray, Study Weekly Guide: Friday, September 10

Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Exodus 34:21

God wants us to work honestly and diligently. But in our “workaholic” culture we also need to hear what God taught Israel by setting up the Sabbath. The Israelites had been slaves in Egypt who NEVER got days off. Now God told them a Sabbath rest, the ability to stop working and renew their inner life in communion with God, was as important as their work.
Recall that Genesis says God set the model for a rhythm of work and rest (Genesis 1:31 -2:2). Is your work “never done?” Are you a person who can find a stopping point, rejoice in what you’ve done and rest? How can making a Sabbath rest a regular part of life specifically bless driven, Type-A personalities?
Exodus 34 says, to a mainly agricultural people, “even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.” How can you apply that to the patterns and rhythms of your life? In which times or seasons do you think, “I just can’t take a break”? What would a Sabbath rest look like in your life?