Be Still And Know

Jeremiah 17:21-23 This is what the LORD says: Listen to my warning! Stop carrying on your trade at Jerusalem’s gates on the Sabbath day. Do not do your work on the Sabbath, but make it a holy day. I gave this command to your ancestors, but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline. We were reflecting yesterday on the importance of maintaining good spiritual rhythms. Today’s passage reminds us of the most important of them: the Sabbath, one day in seven set apart for God. God observed this in Creation. For six days he laboured, and then, on the seventh, the all-powerful God rested. From that time onwards, the pattern of a weekly day of rest was established, and God pointed out through Jeremiah that the people’s failure to observe the Sabbath was at the heart of their problems. It was a clear sign that they were only concerned with their own interests and had no time for God. The early Church soon moved their special day of rest from Saturday to Sunday to c