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“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 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. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”

Exodus 20:8–11, ESV

In our 24-7-365 world, it can be hard to break away and find time to rest. We may think this has developed over time, but it is our nature to keep going. In the modern age, we have been told that technology would help us have more time, but we still find that it only adds to our ongoing drive to do more. God knew this about His creation, so, in the beginning, He developed a model for us to live by. Do we trust our Lord? This is the question we are called to ask ourselves, and one that humanity has struggled with from the beginning. Once the forbidden fruit was taken, our hearts began to lose trust in God and place greater trust in ourselves. God calls us away from self and into Him. He wants us to know His providence and trust in His salvation. Will He provide? Yes. Will it be abundant? Yes. Does that mean life will be easier? Not necessarily, but He calls us to a better life, knowing that we have a God who loves us, cares for us, and desires that we know His peace.

Let us pray. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger, and I ask you to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that in all I do today, I may please you. For into your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel watch over me, that the wicked foe have no power over me. Amen.