Reserving A Day For God Series

THERE ARE REALLY 2 PARTS TO THIS 4TH COMMANDMENT. THE 1ST PART IS THAT MAN IS TO "WORK" GOD SAID THAT WE HAVE 6 DAYS OUT OF SEVEN TO WORK. WORK IS ADMONISHABLE FOR WHEN WE WORK FOR SOMETHING WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT. WE REALIZE WHAT IT TOOK TO ACQUIRE IT. YET, ACCORDING TO THE ONE WHO MADE OUR BODIES, THE BODY WAS NOT MADE TO WORK ALL THE TIME. IN EGYPT THE ISRAELITES WERE FORCED TO WORK EVERY DAY FROM SUNRISE TO SUNDOWN IN THE BLISTERING HEAT WHETHER THEY WERE WELL OR SICK. WHY THEN, CONSIDERING THAT THEY WERE FORCED TO WORK AS SLAVES, WOULD GOD HAVE TO GIVE THEM A COMMAND TO TAKE ONE DAY OUT OF SEVEN TO REST THEIR BODIES? THEY PROBALY WOULD NOT WORK LIKE THEY DID IN EGYPT --- YET THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE "WORKAHOLICS" THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO EXCEPT WORK. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO REST AND TAKE A DAY OF EASE. MY POOR FATHER DIED OF A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 57. HE WAS A POOR COUNTRY FARMER THAT LITERALLY WORKED HIMSELF TO AN EARLY GRAVE. HE WORKED HARD AND HAD HARDLY ANYTHING TO WORK WITH. YET,GOD IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM DECLARED, "TAKE A DAY AND REST YOUR BODY!" OUR BODIES ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD AND GOD WANTS TO LIVE IN A RESTED --- WELL AND WHOLE --- DWELLING PLACE.

REASON #02:)

TO REALIZE THAT LIFE IS MORE THAN WORKING EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT OUR HABITS!

YOU MAY ASK WHAT HABITS? I DON’T HAVE A DRUG OR DRINKING PROBLEM OR A GAMBLING PROBLEM. I DO NOT HAVE "BABITS" BUT I AM REFERING TO THE HABIT OF --- "THINGS" ---"MATERIALISM" LIFE IS MORE THAN HAVING TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN THINGS TO MAKE OUR LIFE MORE HAPPY AND COMPLETE. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE AS MANY THINGS OR BETTER THINGS THAN OTHERS TO FEEL LIKE WE AE AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE WHO DO HAVE THEM ARE. SO MANY PEOPLE WORK DAY AND NIGHT -- SEVEN DAYS A WEEK --- TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ALL THEIR "STUFF" THEY HAVE ACQUIRED. THEIR "STUFF" FILLS EVERY KNICK AND CORNER. YOU CANNOT WALK THROUGH THEIR HOUSE FOR THE FEAR OF TRIPPING OVER THEIR "STUFF"

THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO LIVE DAILY, SACRIFING THEIR FAMILY LIFE AND THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE TO BUY AND TO KEEP THEIR THINGS. THERE ARE SO MANY BROKEN HOMES AND CHILDREN WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE OF A MOTHER OR A FATHER BECAUSE THEY ARE NO WHERE ABOUT. THEY ARE ALWAYS AT WORK TO BUY THEM "THINGS" I AHVE SADLY WITNESSED FAMILIES AFTER A CLOSE FAMILY DEATH BEGIN TO ARGUE AND FIGHT OVER "STUFF" --- TEARING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS APART AND GOING FOR YEARS -- SOMETIMES FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES --- MAD AND NOT HAVING ANY MORE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER ---- BURNING INSIDE WITH RAGE -- FURY --- JEALOUS --- COVETNESS AND GREED OVER "THINGS"

JESUS CONDEMNED THE RICH MAN BECAUSE HE LOOKED ABOUT HIS POSSESSIONS ONE DAY AND SAID: "I NEED TO TEAR DOWN THESE BARNS ABD BUILD BIGGER BARNS TO HOLD ALL MY THINGS." HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT HIS "STATUS" IN LIFE AND HIS IMPORTANCE IN LIFE, BY HOW MUCH "STUFF" HE HAD STORED IN HIS BARNS! AND JESUS DECLARED IN THIS ACCOUNT: " YOU ARE FOOLISH. THIS NIGHT YOUR LIFE SHALL BE REQUIRED OF YOU!" JESUS DID NOT CONDEMN HIM AND CALL HIM FOOLSIH BECAUSE HE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF "THINGS" ----- BUT RATHER BECAUSE HIS LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT HIS "THINGS." THAT NIGHT WHEN HE DIED, HE ABSOLUTELY CARRIED WITH HIM ---- NONE OF HIS "THINGS" NONE! HE WAS IN A MOMENT ETERNALLY "STRIPPED" OF THE THINGS THAT MATTERED SO MUCH TO HIM!