Daily Read February 8, 2010

Here's a Monday thought... one that we don't talk about very much in church... the need for rest. God believed that regular (weekly) rest was important. In a day and age when we're always on the go... go, go, go, go!!!!... Especially on Monday... Let this be a reminder for you. We all NEED a day of rest once a week!!

Exodus 31:12-17 (New International Version)

¹² Then the LORD said to Moses, ¹³ "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

¹⁴ " 'Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from his people. ¹⁵ For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. ¹⁶ The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. ¹⁷ It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested.' "