03/08/2020 Travel Light-week 2-Sabbath

Week 2

“REST”

Are you desiring Jesus more?

Most days we are carrying heavy luggage, extra things that just make life harder.

Lent is a period of times when we stop the clock, when we pause, is a time when we ask God, is my normal dangerous?

Infinite desire+Finite reality=Restlessness.

Mark 6:31

“Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.””
‭‭Mark‬ ‭6:31‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Acts 1:7-8
Jesus said “Do nothing until.....”

Rest is part of our lives.

Jesus modeled a “Rhythm of rest”
Sabbath- exodus 20:8-11

Sabbath elements

1 Stop-cease working
2 Rest.
Physical
Mental/emotional
Spiritual
3 delight- activities that bring joy.

4 worship-re surrender to Jesus.

Sabbath principle

“God can do more with less, than I could ever do with more.”
Deuteronomy 18:11-18

“or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the Lord your God. The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so. The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.” The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.”
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭18:11-18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Sabbath practice

Feasting. Walking/hiking. Outdoors/time in nature. Napping/resting. Reading/music. Time together with family and friends. Time alone with God. Ways to be generous. Motivations to do driven with gratitude. Things that make you smile and fuel your joy. Creative expressions of worship to God.