#4 - Sabbatical Rhythm

This commandment, at this current stage of my life, might be the hardest and the easiest to live by. 

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God."

There are times in the calendar year where it is easy to get caught up in the "rat race-ness" and there are times that it is easy to "remember the Sabbath day" and to "keep it Holy!"

Where I often go wrong is the legislation of my "remembering" and "keeping."  I must remember that keeping the law doesn't establish the relationship or is even the basis of the relationship.  God established the relationship before speaking the commandments and remembering the Sabbath and keeping it Holy draws me into deeper intimacy and greater joy. 

Remembering the Sabbath and keeping it Holy sets me free!  Free FROM addiction and oppression  and free FOR relationship and intimacy.  Which is ultimately what my heart desires...whether I realize it or not!