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Rest and Independence
Have you ever noticed that when you share important information with people we all tend to repeat ourselves.
It even happens in the movies.
For instance, our hero is about to head out on a mission and he gets called back…don’t forget, come back to me when its all over.
You know in movies when we get important informaiton…they tend to make it clear.
OR the love interest has to take care of a difficult task, and just as she leaves, he calls her back, looks her deep in the eyes and says...I love you.
For instance, our hero is about to head out on a mission and they get called back…don’t forget, I love you.
One guy gets shot and before his partner runs out to get help or kill all the bad guys, hey, remember…take care of your self.
Don’t forget...
Don’t forget...
Like you tell a high school graduate....go ....but don’t forget…to have fun…be careful...
Here we find ourselves getting to the end of Moses’ 40 days on top of Mt Sinai.
He’s been getting instructions as to what to tell the Israelites about living as God’s holy nation…his kingdom of priests.
Along the while, the people have been waiting.
They are wandering what’s going on for sure.
Moses I’m sure is excited to get down and get to work.
But before he does, God has a very important reminder for him.
That’s where we are today, God telling Moses....now, go get to work…but don’t forget.
God gives him a gift in this moment.
A gift that can accomplish something supernatural in his life and in our lives.
You see we have this thing at work in our world called inertia.
It’s invisible, but it’s a very powerful reality.
Michelle and I went over to the Air and Space museum last weekend with our daughter and her new boyfriend.
I tried to lose him, but he kept up with us pretty good.
That’s partly what inertia is all about.
Inertia is the tendency of things to stay as they are.
Objects in motion tend to stay in motion…objects at rest tend to stay at rest.
Get to work…but don’t forget
Michelle and I went over to the Air and Space museum last weekend with our daughter and her boyfriend.
I tried to lose him, but he kept up with us pretty good.
That’s partly what inertia is all about.
Inertia is the tendency of things to stay as they are.
Objects in motion tend to stay in motion…objects at rest tend to stay at rest.
This happens in our lives too.
We get to working and it’s hard to stop.
God who created us, knows us better than we do and he knows that if we aren’t intentional about stopping from time to time, we will never reflect on why we are moving in the first place.
Inertia
My man Forrest Gump discovered this when he started running....he just kept running and running for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours....not thinking of why.
Until he stopped and then he discovered that he didn’t want to run any more.
that’s what our lives look like sometimes.
We just keep on going, one day blends into another, one week into the next, one month, one year into another.
It’s easier ot keep running than it is to stop.
At least that’s how it seems.
But that’s just inertia, we can stop running, but we have to chose to.
God tells us to stop from time to time, break the inertia of life…and REMEMBER.
God tells Moses, you are going to get back and want to get to work on this Tabernacle…but remember.
God says, Remember that you are my people and I dwell with you.
Remember I’m your God and I have chosen to dwell with you.
They are building this tabernacle because God has chosen them…They depend on him.
Don’t lose track of that.
they way that don’t lose track of that is by observing the sabbath…stopping regularly to remember that we were in a covenant relationship with the creator.
Obedience to sabbath rest is a declaration of dependence
Obedience to sabbath rest is a declaration of dependence
Getting ready for the 4th
Getting ready for the 4th
Grill…BBQ…Fishing
Exodus 20:8-
But the sabbath isn’t about escaping.
God never calls us to escape, he calls us to be faithful in difficulty
The Sabbath is a covenant sign
Sabbath is a covenant sign
Keeping the sabbath will be a reminder to you and a witness to the nations around you.
Remind them that they aren’t doing this work so that I’ll come and live with you.
They are doing this work because I’m coming to live with you.
God reminds Moses to tell them that the Tabernacle is not about you.
Its about ME.
They are building this tabernacle because God has chosen them… They way that don’t lose track of that is by observing the sabbath…stopping regularly to remember that we were in a covenant relationship with the creator.
This is the third covenant sign GOd had given.
The first was the covenant of the Rainbow is a covenant sign so the people would remember that God would never destroy his creation again.
The second was the covenant of Circumcision a covenant sign that would remind the people that God would multiply his people and build a nation.
These covenant signs are about reminding us…that we might remember, but they also show the the surrounding nations their devotion to God.
Sabbath is about remembering:
OT Remembering
OT Remembering
Covenant sign = Reminder = Remember
In the OT Remembering was about a lot more than just thinking about the past.
Remembering was about putting them selves back there.
So sabbath observance was putting ourselves back where we gathered the manna double on teh day before the sabbath and rested from gathering.
Sabbath rest was about obedience, and our obedience is a declaration of our dependence on God.
Think about it.
Everyone takes a day off one day a week.
What do you think that would say to the Israelites?
What about the nations around them? Sabbath keeping was a powerful statement to all that God Guides, God decides, and God provides
Sabbath, resting you see Obedience is a declaration of our dependence on God.
It’s taking a moment to remember…put ourselves back…in dependence on God.
You see Obedience to sabbath rest is a declaration of dependence
That we want to be reminded…that we seek to remember…it’s about doing what God commands, so we never forget to do what God commands.
Grill…BBQ…Fishing
Sabbath keeping reminds us God guides
God was leading them through the desert, he had been leading them all along, so when they rested from their work, they were reminding themselves that they were following Him…no matter how it seemed.
Sure God is leading us when things are going well.
But what about when they aren’t.
The psalmist trusted that even though things seemed dark, God was there.
It wasn’t a time to escape, it was a time to see God.
That’s what a lot people do for their sabbath, they get away.
Some have been looking forward to the week off for the 4th so they can go on vacation, but the sabbath isn’t about escaping.
Am I saying its wrong to go on vacation?
NO.
I’m just saying that vacations weren’t what the sabbath was about.
The sabbath is about connecting with God and in that connection, seeing that God is guiding our lives, we are most alive…who needs an escape when you have God guiding your life?
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