{"id":6817,"date":"2014-03-30T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T05:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allandouglas.dougbittinger.com\/blog\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:40","slug":"sabbath-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/sabbath-principle\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SABBATH PRINCIPLE"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Calvin<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is a Sabbath principle in life that must be observed if we are to be healthy and productive.\u00a0 It simply means that we cannot work nonstop without some time to recover our emotional and physical stamina.\u00a0 We cannot endure long periods of stress without some wholesome diversion.\u00a0 Our human physique has many limitations which requires periods of rest and relaxation.\u00a0 God made us this way.\u00a0 When He rested on the seventh day of creation, He punctuated the Sabbath principle for all His creatures.\u00a0 The fact that we have night and day, sunshine and rain, summer and winter reminds us that there is a time to work and a time to rest.\u00a0 This law of God is carved into the cycle of the seasons.\u00a0 How well have we learned it?<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In our scientific world where nature no longer restricts our work, we tend to ignore the Sabbath principle.\u00a0 We fail to listen to the alarm system within our own weary bodies and, in so doing, we bankrupt our souls before our years are spent.\u00a0 Insecurity and greed have sent us on an exhausting search for that pot of gold at the end of a very demanding rainbow.\u00a0 We are often overwhelmed by life’s circumstances as stress takes its toll.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yet, we are reluctant to find our rest in the Lord.\u00a0 God gave us the Sabbath principle, not to restrict us, but to restore us. God does not wish to inhibit our days of productivity.\u00a0 He wants to give our days a greater sense of fulfillment.\u00a0 Anxiety and fatigue will never allow us to be at our best.\u00a0 Overwork results in underachievement.\u00a0 Perhaps keeping a Sabbath day holy makes all our days holy unto the Lord.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On several occasions Jesus our Lord needed downtime and turned aside for uninterrupted moments with the Father.\u00a0 His human limitations left Him exhausted from dealing with the crowd.\u00a0 He taught His disciples and He is teaching us the need to stop what we are doing long enough to revive our mental, spiritual and physical energies.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is a sin against our spirit and the spirit of God that lives within to destroy the house in which they dwell.\u00a0 Of course we are not equipped to live forever on this earth, but we are equipped to make the most of our years.\u00a0 In our mad rush to be materially secure, we must be still and know that He is God.\u00a0 In knowing Him we discover His Sabbath principle of rest for our work-weary lives.\u00a0 It is possible to find rest and recreation in the Lord.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

     There is a Sabbath principle in life that must be observed if we are to be healthy and productive.  It simply means that we cannot work nonstop without some time to recover our emotional and physical stamina.  We cannot endure long periods of stress without some wholesome diversion.  Our human physique has many limitations … Continue reading “THE SABBATH PRINCIPLE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[69,56],"class_list":["post-6817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matters-of-faith","tag-god","tag-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19154,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817\/revisions\/19154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}