Yesterday was one of the oddest Sunday’s I have experienced in a while. We did not attend church service because we were sending my son off to Boy Scout camp early in the morning. This Sunday was odd because of the scripture from the Bible that our family studied all week was Jeremiah 17. One particular verse was Jeremiah 17:24.

24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein;

There are other verses that support this precept but I challenged myself to go literal with this scripture and test to see if I could keep to the letter of the law and do absolutely no work. This seems like an easy task but the truth of the matter is that every moment of free time can be taken up by thoughts and actions directly related to work. I wanted to work on this blog which opposes this scripture. Then I said I would prepare the vehicles for Monday’s assignment more labor on the Sabbath. Around the house more chores and organizing continued to call my name.

At every turn and thought of labor I thanked God for giving time in the future and making a way for all the task to be complete. Then I decided to give Him the glory at every thought of labor and turn my heart to the blessing He bestowed on me. Thinking on Him all day was different than I had experienced in a long while. This is when I likened this Sunday to a day of fasting. Giving up something for the Lord’s sake.

We now have grace under the blood of Jesus and it is difficult to truly rest on the Sabbath. I challenge you to pick a Sabbath and try to be strict about and see how liberal God will be with His blessing.