Thought FOR TODAY
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HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . .
As easy as it may appear, the path of least resistance may be the very one to
avoid.
REDEEMING THE TIME
"There remains therefore a rest to the people of GOD." [Hebrews 4. 9]
For those who labour, this has been a long time
favorite verse. We grow tired of work,
and weary even in the LORD'S work. . . but we continue
on in faithful stewardship for the needs are so great in harvesting souls that
we dare not stop. Thus
praying, "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our
hearts unto wisdom." [Psalms/Tehillym 90.
12]
The LORD GOD knew HIS people would need rest, so HE ordained a weekly day of
rest, Sabbath. In fact, the only reason
HE took six days to do the work of creation was to set the proper pattern for
man's six-day work week. [Exodus/Shemot 20. 8 - 11]
MESSIAH YESHUA indicated that it is
still "lawful to do well on Sabbath days" [Matthew 12. 12], and the SCRIPTURES command us to
always "walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the
time." [Colossians 4. 5]
And to "walk circumspectly (carefully, watchfully), not as fools, but as wise, redeeming
the time, because the days are evil." [Ephesians 5. 15
- 16]
The word for "rest" is actually the special word for "Sabbath rest (Shabbath-Shabbathown)." This NEW COVENANT indicates that the weekly rest day, like all the others in the Ten Commandments, is still a DIVINE principle in the CHRISTian dispensation, and violating it is to our detriment. It also refers, in context, to the rest we find in the LORD JESUS. "For he that is entered into HIS rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as GOD did from HIS." [Hebrews 4. 10]
There is a most comforting application for our future life: "Blessed
are the dead that die in the LORD from now on: Yes! says
the SPIRIT, that they may rest from their labours;
and their works follow them." [Revelation 14. 13] But for now, even when it is hard to find time
for physical rest, we find perfect peaceful rest for our souls in the LORD JESUS
CHRIST. And, HE is our PERFECT PEACE
& REST.
Sha'alu (Pray)
for the Shalom (Peace) of
Exalted and hallowed be GOD'S greatness in this world of YOUR creation. May YOUR will be fulfilled and Your
sovereignty revealed in the days of our lifetime and the life of the whole
House of Israel. May YOU be blessed forever,
even to all eternity.
May YOU, MOST HOLY ONE, be blessed, praised & honoured, extolled & glorified, adored & exalted above all else. Blessed are YOU beyond all blessings & hymns, praises & consolations that may be uttered in this world,
Amen. May peace abundant descend from
heaven with life for us and all
When you pray
for the Peace of Jerusalem, you are praying for the Kingdom of Heaven to come,
when God’s will shall be done over the entire earth, in perfect righteousness
and peace, just as it now is, in Heaven [Matthew 6:10, Luke 11:2]
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