3 'Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.—Leviticus 23:3
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” —Exodus 20:8-11
Don’t you love that our Lord doesn’t just ask us to rest, He commands us. He knows what we need. Resting is hard for me. Even when I am injured. It helps me then when my husband stops me from doing too much by reminding (okay, commanding) me to rest. He doesn’t stop there, though. He also loves me by bearing my burdens and in so doing he fulfills the law of Christ. Being cherished in this way never fails to bring tears of gratitude to my eyes. Jesus does the same. He is my God who perfects that which concerns me, performs all things for me and gives to me, His beloved, even as I sleep.
Rest and worship are two of our sweetest blessings. One day a week should be set aside especially for them. We are never, however, to think that the law forbids us from doing works of love, kindness and necessity. Here we have full liberty.
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.—Romans 13:8-10
