If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: (Isaiah 58:13)
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. (Psalm 122:1)
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet (Revelation 1:10)
Do you call the Sabbath the holy day of the Lord? Do you recognise the Sabbath as the Lord's day and go with Jesus' people into his house on that day? Honour the Sabbath day because it is the only day of the week God has ever set aside to be holy.
Honour the Sabbath by choosing to do things Jesus likes you to do rather than that you like to do on that day. Honour the Sabbath by doing righteous things you can enjoy, like helping those in need as we learned previously from Isaiah 58. Don't even say the things you want to say, say the things that Jesus wants you to say. Speak positive words of faith, and encouragement, ask questions to really find out how you can help and support others.
When a friend invites you over to his house as a child, you play with his toys and join with his games. In the same way Jesus has invited you to join him in the Sabbath, wherever you are, to do the things he loves together with him. You can work hard during the week, but set the Sabbath aside for Jesus.
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