Summer181

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2. The RHYTHM OF REST
3. Rhythm = movement or procedure with uniform or patterned reoccurrence of a beat, accent or the like.
4. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. Genesis 2:2-3 (ESV)
5. “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 (ESV)
6. “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)
7. ‘Labour is a craft, but perfect rest is an art, to obtain a degree of excellence in art, one must accept its discipline’ Abraham Joshua Heschel
8. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10 (ESV)
9. ‘Some ‘knowing’ is never pursued, only received.’
10. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy Genesis 2:3 (ESV)
11. And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Mark 2:27 (ESV)
12. ‘Sabbath is the stranger you’ve always known. It’s the place of homecoming, you’ve rarely or never visited, but which you’ve been missing forever. You recognise it the moment you set eyes on it. It’s the gift that surprises you, not by its novelty, but by its familiarity. It’s the song you never sang, but hearing it now, know inside out, its words, its melody, its harmonies, its rhythm, the way the tune quickens just before the chorus bursts. It’s been asleep in you all this time, waiting for the right kiss to wake it’ Mark Buchanan, The Rest of God
13. S a b b a t h A D AY
14. “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 heaven and 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)
15. “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 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 or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or Deuteronomy 5:12-15 (ESV)
16. or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.” Deuteronomy 5:12-15 (ESV)
17. Exodus Deuteronomy Grounds sabbath in creation Grounds sabbath in liberation Is about imitating divine example Is about taking hold of divine deliverance & observing divine commands Looks up Looks back Gives theological rationale for rest Historical justification for rest Invites us into a rhythm of life; rest, work, rest, work Warns us if we don’t accept this rhythm we will end up as slaves
18. For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 (ESV)
19. S a b b a t h A N AT T I T U D E
20. G O D WA R D
21. O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah Psalm 3:1-5 (ESV)
22. But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me. Psalm 3:1-5 (ESV)
23. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. Psalm 62:1-5 (ESV)
24. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; Psalm 92:1 (ESV)
25. T I M E WA R D
26. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (ESV)
27. So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 (ESV)
28. ‘My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered the interruptions were my work’ Henri Nouwen
29. S a b b a t h C e a s i n g f r o m t h a t w h i c h i s n e c e s s a r y - t o e m b r a c e t h a t w h i c h g i v e s l i f e .