8Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. 11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
“The baser (common man) sort of people in Sweden do always break the Sabbath, saying that it is for gentlemen to keep that day.” (Trapp)
But look what the Lord said: neither you, son or daughter, nor manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner.
EVERYONE and EVERYTHING!
Why you ask? “the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.”
But the Lord also commands us to work six days, “Six days you shall labor and do all your work,”
“He who idles his time away in the six days is equally culpable in the sight of God as he who works on the seventh.” (Clarke)
He doesn’t want us to be idle, slothful or lazy!
Proverbs 18:9 Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
Romans 12:11 Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.
Under Law, men worked towards God’s rest; but after Jesus’ finished work on the cross, the believer enters into rest and goes from that rest out to work. (Guzik)
Since I retired there hasn’t been enough time in the day to get things done.
My “inbox” has never been fuller!
My wife says, when I die my inbox will be full.
My brother says, living in “our state” is like having a free gym membership.
I’ve found with the four seasons of the year:
Spring-working on outdoor projects you couldn’t do during winter, stocking up on firewood for winter!
Summer-doing outdoor projects on house and property before winter!
Fall-scrambling to finish projects before winter!
Winter-snow removal and keeping the house warm by bringing in firewood and keeping the wood stove going!
How do you occupy your time?
Blessings, David
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