Like Father, Like Son!

It’s easy to forget why we are on this earth and drift back into satisfying ourselves. It’s a subtle and constant temptation to be sure. But we were created to pursue Christ-like-ness. If there is a focus point for all our endeavors, it’s to be like the earthly model, God Son whom He sent for us to observe. But aligning ourselves to God’s ways isn’t merely an inward thing…
“Tell the Israelites, above all keep my Sabbaths…to keep the knowledge alive that I am the God who makes you holy…It’s a fixed sign between me and the Israelites because in six days God made the Heavens and the Earth and on the seventh day he stopped and took a long deep breath.” ~Ex. 31:12,17
There is no doubt that God created mankind to need rest. And when we ignore that truth we become sick and frail. So the idea of a Sabbath for reasons of our physical and mental health is an important lesson in maturity. However I am taken by the wording in this verse that connects our Sabbaths to ‘keeping the knowledge alive that God makes you holy’. God wants It to be obvious that we are in His family. The last line even castes the Sabbath as one of the visible activities we engage in because it’s how the God-family does things. God took a Sabbath after His work of creation, Jesus took Sabbaths even amidst His important redemptive work on the earth, so we take Sabbaths as we fulfill our calling too. God isn't rushed nor weary, so we won't be either. We’re in His family so it stands to reason we’d take on His ways. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON! ~Verlon