Song # 1275.2 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. In the Book of Exodus, in chapter 31, we are told that we may work for six days. But the seventh day, the Sabbath, is a day of rest, just as God rested on the seventh day, after creating heaven and earth and all that is in it.
The Lord said to Moses (Exodus 31:12). “Say to the Israelites ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you and for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy (Exodus 31:13). Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from his people (Exodus 31:14). For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord (Exodus 31:15). The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant (Exodus 31:16). It will be a sign between me and the Israelites for ever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He abstained from work and rested’ ” (Exodus 31:17). When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God (Exodus 31:18).
Thought for today: God’s hand is in everything, so leave everything in God’s hand.
Thought for the future: our living God can take the fear out of living. Where will you spend your eternity?