I made keeping the Sabbath one of My commandments to My children, because I knew how important it would be in the days to come. Even in the time when I walked the earth, the Sabbath was important and vital. But the Sabbath had become such a heavy burden of laws to be kept down to the tiniest details of the way they should eat and what they should say and do. I am the Lord of the Sabbath and I created the Sabbath for you. It is part of My creation. It is part of the cycle of life on this earth – that in order to stay connected to Me, in order for you to have the spiritual strength you nee for the calling I have given you, you really must take one day each week to rest. To cease from your labor. To wake up in the morning with only one thing on your to-so list – and that is to love Me, to spend time with Me and to let Me refresh your spirit and give You an infusion of My love.
So come to Me and let Me give you rest! I know you have felt so tired and like you just can’t go on. But then when you take time off, you feel even more tired than before. That is because what you call rest, or a vacation from work, is not time set aside to love Me and honor Me. You aren’t keeping that time Holy. A time when you are wholly Mine!
That’s not to say that you shouldn’t take a vacation from time to time. When you take a vacation you are spending time with your family, travelling to new places and getting away from your daily routine and work schedule. But the Sabbath is something I have asked you to do because it is an important part of the cycle of a godly life. You are obeying Me when you take this step to say, “I will work 6 days a week but then I will take one day off – one day to stop working and just spending that day resting not only in body, but in spirit.”
Think of the Sabbath as being as necessary to a healthy life as sleep is each day. How long would you survive if you went days without sleep – and then tried to catch up on sleep by sleeping for 24 hours? Sleep deprivation is actually a form of torture – and no one can go for long without sleeping. So sleep is just a natural part of your physical life – like eating. But taking a Sabbath day of spiritual rest is just as necessary for your spiritual health, and that is why I set the example for you when I rested for a day after the 6 days of Creation.
So please set aside this day each week to come to Me and let Me give you rest!