When we think of the Sabbath, a day of peace comes
to mind. In Hebrew, Sabbath comes from the word
Shabbat. It is a verb; a doing word. It means to cease.
As with other verbs, it is something you choose to do.
You choose to pray, to eat, and to read. The same goes
for choosing to cease. Messiah is the Lord of the Shabbat
and gives you the power in Him to choose to cease from
the old life; old sin. In ceasing from the old, we have
peace. That’s when we find Shabbat. You can have peace
at all times when you choose to cease striving, cease
from your ego, cease from your flesh, from your worries,
from your fears - and rest in God. When you die to
self, there’s peace. That’s when the Sabbath comes. For
the peace of the Sabbath, like the joy of the Lord, and
the blessings of God aren’t dependent on any of your
circumstances, but on the Lord of the Sabbath and on
the choice of your heart.
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