As I considered these two women, Ma Ingalls and my own mother, I saw that they had created a pattern for accomplishing their work and then resting. In their own way, they had “carved out their seven pillars.” Although both of these women rested on Sunday and not the seventh-day Sabbath as commanded, it was an illustration for me to begin to “carve out my own seven pillars.”
Tag: Sabbath
‘Still Small Voice’ in NYC
After being in New York City for a short time, I came to appreciate the Messianic believers who live there, who seek to walk in the ways of the Father and bring a word of hope in the darkness. It takes a special person with ‘ears to hear’ that gentle whisper in the midst of all the rumbling of the subway trains, honking taxis, exhaling bus engine brakes or just the constant hustle of the people on the pavements.
The ‘Signs’ of God
God uses many different ‘signs’ in the Scriptures to reveal Himself, to direct people where they should go and to establish covenants. Each ‘sign’ had a prophetic purpose and brought forth a response from the person or people to whom it was given.
The Sabbath Rest Remains
Entering God’s ‘rest’ takes effort because the world never rests; even most church goers never rest. There will always be activities and opportunities for breaking the Sabbath command. Entering into the Creator’s Sabbath ‘rest’ takes purposed action, faith action that expresses itself through obedience.