1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: Hey friend, do you ever feel like the busyness of 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 2: life makes it hard to slow down and truly connect 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 2: with Jesus. Do your priorities and passions feel jumbled and 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: out of whack? 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Download Spiritualrhythms 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: for free today at nicoleunice dot com slash Spiritual Practices 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 2: and I'll see you on How to Say the Bible. 20 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, Welcome back to How to Say the Bible. 21 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Nicole Unis, and super glad to be 22 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 2: with you during this summer series that we are in 23 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 2: called Spiritual Rhythms. It's been so good to really look 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: at the practical side of what our everyday life looked 25 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 2: like to make space for God. How do we get 26 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 2: proper pace and proper perspective so we can live our 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: life with peace and with wisdom. And we've traveled through 28 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 2: a couple of different things, we're sort of hitting the 29 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: basic rhythms of life. And the idea here is not 30 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 2: that you would just take on one, but that you 31 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: would have a life with these rhythms attached to it. 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: Times and seasons of you know, being in just every week, 33 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 2: being in scripture, being a person who experiences silence and solitude, 34 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: like we talked about last week. We're going to talk 35 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: about celebration next week, but before we get there, we're 36 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: going to build on silence and solitude and this spirit 37 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: of rest by talking about the rhythm of Sabbath in 38 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 2: your life, and we're going to look at what the 39 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,839 Speaker 2: scriptures have to say about that and how you might 40 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 2: apply it to your day. So before we get into this, 41 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: I realize that the concept of Sabbath can be People 42 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 2: can have wildly different experiences with Sabbath. So some of 43 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: us come to the idea of Sabbath and we already 44 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 2: feel guilty because maybe you were raised in the church, 45 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: maybe Sunday was a really big deal. Maybe you're a 46 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 2: person who has really wrestled with should my kids play 47 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:53,679 Speaker 2: sports on Sunday? 48 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: What happens if I don't go to church? 49 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 2: Or maybe you're a healthcare professional or someone else who 50 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: has an occupation where you to work. 51 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: On the weekends. Maybe you're in ministry, and if you're in. 52 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 2: Ministry, Sunday is a workday, So you are creating a 53 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 2: space for other people to experience Sabbath, but it's certainly 54 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 2: not your Sabbath. So we can come into this with 55 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: a lot of thoughts about is. 56 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: This a command? Is this a rule? Am I breaking 57 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: the rules? 58 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: What does it mean? Do we even need to practice Sabbath? 59 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 2: Isn't that an Old Testament thing? So there's a lot 60 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 2: here to unpack. So we're going to try to kind 61 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 2: of take a thirty thousand foot view, and we're going 62 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 2: to do what I like to do, which is we're 63 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: going to start with what does Jesus have to say. 64 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: And then we're going to back into a little bit 65 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 2: of the backstory, and then what, of course does it 66 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: mean for us? And how might we look at how 67 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: Sabbath impacts our lives. 68 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: So I think, regardless of your experience. 69 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: With Sabbath or with the idea of rules around a Sunday, 70 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: I do want to ask you this question. 71 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: Do you need refreshment? 72 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 2: Do you need rest I know very few people who 73 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 2: would say to me, Nope, I'm good, thanks, don't need 74 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 2: any refreshment, don't need any rest You'll completely restored. I 75 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 2: am living in a full state of restoration. Most people 76 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: I know would not say that. And so instead of 77 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 2: starting with what are the rules? And am I breaking 78 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: the rules? I want to start by asking you are 79 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: you experiencing restoration and refreshment in your life in a 80 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 2: normal rhythm? And I don't mean entertainment. I'm not saying 81 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: are you experiencing entertainment? But are you experiencing deep restoration 82 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: and refreshment in your life? And let's start from there, 83 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 2: and then we can ask that question first, then we 84 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 2: can back into what God has to say about Sabbath. 85 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 2: So we're going to be in Mark chapter two Versus 86 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 2: twenty three through twenty eight today, and I just want 87 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 2: to invite. 88 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: You, just like we do. 89 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,679 Speaker 2: Just enter into this story, listen to the story, imagine yourself. 90 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to invite you to imagine yourself as one 91 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 2: of the disciples in this story. Here we go one 92 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 2: Sabbath day, as Jesus was walking through some grain fields. 93 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 2: His disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. 94 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: But the Pharisees said to Jesus, look, why are they 95 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 2: breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath. 96 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: Jesus said to them. 97 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 2: Haven't you ever read the scriptures about what David did 98 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 2: when he and his companions were hungry. He went into 99 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: the House of God during the days when Abbathar was 100 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: high priest and broke the law by eating the sacred 101 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 2: loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. 102 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: He also gave some to his companions. Then Jesus said 103 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 2: to them, the Sabbath was made to meet the needs 104 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: of the people, and not people to meet the requirements 105 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 2: of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord 106 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: even over the Sabbath. Okay, so we're in the story. 107 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 2: Let's make sure we understand what it says before we 108 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: get into us. We clearly need to know the backstory, right, 109 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: because Jesus is going to throw He's going to hit 110 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: the Pharisees with the backstory that's going to silence them 111 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 2: in their complaints. So Jesus is walking with his disciples 112 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 2: and they're hungry and they break off some food, they 113 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 2: break off some heads of grain to eat, to have 114 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 2: a bit of a snare, and the Pharisees are like 115 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 2: calling them out, like policing them, like, hey, what are 116 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 2: you doing? Why are they harvesting grain on the Sabbath. 117 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: So the backstory here is that the sabbath was a 118 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 2: law created in the Ten Commandments. We're going to look 119 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: at it in Exodus and over time. The intent of 120 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 2: that law that was given is that because God created 121 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: and then rested, he also calls his people to honor 122 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 2: him by resting. That's what That's what the Exodus sort 123 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 2: of command was. The intent of that command was then 124 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 2: built upon by the Pharisees over the years, and all 125 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 2: of these stipulations were added, all of these rules were 126 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: added to what does it mean to do that? So 127 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 2: the people would ask their rabbis, they would ask their 128 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 2: teachers what does it look like to practice the Sabbath? 129 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 2: And they would ask specific questions, well, can we harvest 130 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: on the Sabbath? 131 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: Can we do this on the Sabbath? Can we do that? 132 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: Can we you know? 133 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 2: And every time those questions were asked or the Pharisees 134 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: would try to like create more and more policy around. 135 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: What it looks like to live out the Sabbath. 136 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 2: And so by the time we get to Jesus's day, 137 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 2: there is so many rules and regulations around the Sabbath. 138 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: It is so burdensome the way that you are supposed 139 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: to live on that day that, like. 140 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: My impression of it, my interpretation of it, is like 141 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: the joy. 142 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 2: Was sucked completely out of the original command and so 143 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 2: over and over again. You see, you're going to see 144 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 2: this all the time, and if you're if you're a 145 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: new student to scripture, you're going to be like, what's 146 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: with these Pharisees. 147 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: Why do they care so much about the Sabbath? 148 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 2: Because they seem to be constantly calling out Jesus on 149 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 2: the Sabbath like this big thing about like honoring God. 150 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: And I think it's because the Sabbath is a symptom 151 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 2: that represents a misplaced heart, that the Pharisees had completely 152 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 2: misplaced their heart for God in their striving after holiness 153 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 2: and put all these rules around all of these things. Meanwhile, 154 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 2: Jesus keeps doing things that they consider quote unquote breaking 155 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 2: the Sabbath. He's healing people on the Sabbath, and they're like, 156 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 2: you can't heal somebody on the Sabbath, and He's like, 157 00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 2: you're missing the intent of the Father's heart for the 158 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 2: world and for you. And so in this little passage 159 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 2: we see sort of that same thing playing out where 160 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: just in a very innocuous like walk by, the disciples 161 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: are eating a snack and the Pharisees are like, absolutely not. 162 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 2: And so Jesus hits them back with this next part. 163 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 2: And we're going to see where this part applies in 164 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 2: the Old Testament. Okay, so in this passage, you hear 165 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: you hear Jesus refer to this story about King David 166 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: and what he did when he was hungry. So that story, 167 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: if you check your study note, you're going to find 168 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 2: that that's going to reference you back to First Samuel 169 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 2: twenty one, where this is a story about King David 170 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 2: who takes bread from the altar, so he takes the 171 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 2: sacred bread that was all part of the Old Testament 172 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 2: system of sacrifice. And it is clear that King David 173 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 2: is an example of a godly man. So Jesus is 174 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 2: using David to say, like, here's what a godly man did, 175 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 2: and it was okay. So maybe you have misread the 176 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 2: intent of the law right, Like in a time, there's 177 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 2: always like a higher law that's happening, and so in 178 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: that higher law, it's always lawful to do good. That's 179 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 2: from Matthew chapter twelve, verse twelve. Jesus says, it's always 180 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: lawful to do good. And so the idea that sabbath 181 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 2: would supersede doing good is getting it all wrong. And 182 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: so this is what Jesus is calling out when he's 183 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 2: in this passage. And then he kind of gives us 184 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: the principle of the thing. So a lot of times 185 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 2: we talk about Bible study, we want to ask the 186 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: question what does it mean? 187 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: What did it mean? 188 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 2: Then? What is the truth the principle that is in 189 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 2: the scripture for the people who heard it in the 190 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 2: moment and for us today, Like it's going to be 191 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 2: the same scripture, it's the same truth both directions, and 192 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 2: sometimes we have to work a little bit to figure 193 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 2: out that principle. Sometimes the principle is literally just given 194 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 2: to us. And in this particular passage, the principle is 195 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: just given to us, and we find it in verse 196 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 2: twenty seven, Jesus says to them, the Sabbath was made 197 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: to meet the needs of the people, and not people 198 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 2: to meet the requirem of the Sabbath. So he is 199 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 2: realigning priorities here and he's saying, actually, the purpose of 200 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 2: Sabbath is for you. The purpose of Sabbath is not 201 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 2: for you to make rules and then try to see 202 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 2: who's in or out. The purpose of Sabbath was actually 203 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 2: made for your needs. And when we go all the 204 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 2: way back to Genesis and we see the creation account 205 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 2: and the fact that God created for six days. He 206 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 2: worked for six days to create the world, and then 207 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: he rested. And we know intuitively about the character of 208 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 2: God that God never tires, he never sleeps, he never 209 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 2: needs rest. In his perfection, our God does not need rest. 210 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 2: So for him to model that rest to enjoy what 211 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,839 Speaker 2: he had done, to work for six days and then 212 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 2: rest and enjoy what he had done was not because 213 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 2: God himself needed rest, or God himself needed to pat 214 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 2: himself on the back for what he had done. It 215 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 2: was because it was a model of the way that 216 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 2: He designed us as human beings, in our finiteness, in 217 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 2: our frailty, that we need rhythms of rest where we 218 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 2: rest and enjoy what has happened, where we rest and 219 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 2: trust that God is at the helm where we're able 220 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 2: to rest because we know that our God is always working. 221 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 2: And there is something about that rhythm that is so 222 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 2: important to combat the part of our nature that thinks 223 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 2: that we are the center of the universe, that we 224 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 2: are in charge, that everything will fall apart if we 225 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 2: don't stop. And this rhythm is designed to give us, 226 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 2: on the weekly a reminder of what it means to 227 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 2: stop and trust and rest and know that God is 228 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 2: actually in the driver's seat. So when Jesus says this 229 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 2: was made for you, you weren't made to meet the 230 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: requirements of the sabbath. 231 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: Actually, the sabbath was for you. 232 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 2: That helps us realign our whole concept of what a 233 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 2: sabbath is and how we might be able to keep it. 234 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 2: So I do want to read the original for you 235 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 2: in Exodus twenty as we wrap up sort of this 236 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 2: part of the backstory. Just listen to the way it 237 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 2: was stated in the original Ten Commandments. By the way, 238 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 2: this is the longest commandment. It's given the most explanation 239 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 2: around all of the like do not have any gods 240 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 2: above me, do not covet, do not have idols. All 241 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 2: that we're going to get this longer piece. This is 242 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 2: Exodus twenty eight through eleven. This is the original design 243 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 2: of Sabbath. Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping 244 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 2: it holy. 245 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: You have six days. 246 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 2: Each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day 247 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 2: is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord's 248 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 2: your God. On that day, no one in your household 249 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 2: may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, 250 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 2: your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners 251 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 2: living among you. For in six days, the Lord made 252 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 2: the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. 253 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 2: But on the seventh day he rested. That is why 254 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 2: the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart 255 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 2: as holy. Okay, so I love going back to the 256 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 2: original intent because look at the way there's a value 257 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: system that's being developed in the way this command is written, right, 258 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 2: because this command is written because it's giving rest not 259 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 2: only to the righteous, not only to let's say, the 260 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,119 Speaker 2: people of influence who are in charge of the household, 261 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 2: but everyone else in the household. 262 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: This is a place of justice. 263 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 2: Because it means that those that you your servants, the 264 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 2: people who are under your care that would have to 265 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 2: work for you, you're actually designing a rhythm for their 266 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 2: rest as well. You're designing a rhythm of rest for 267 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 2: your animals. Like there is so much tender care in 268 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 2: this rhythm right in this command, and in this command 269 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 2: it's actually a way to remind us that the Lord 270 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 2: himself is in charge and that we're dedicating ourselves to 271 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 2: believing that God is in charge. And not only that, 272 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 2: but actually is a beautiful representation of your devotion to 273 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 2: God when you have a rhythm in your life that 274 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 2: is different, right, especially in this modern day, this age 275 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 2: of distraction, this age of working all the time, the 276 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: idea that you would set apart time simply for refreshment 277 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 2: and simply for restoration is really countercultural and very attractive 278 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 2: to people because rested and restored people are more enjoyable people. 279 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: On the whole, no matter your temperament. 280 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 2: Generally, being around a person who's rested and restored is 281 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 2: a lot more pleasant than being around a person who's 282 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 2: exhausted and weary. And so there is a way that 283 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 2: we represent who our God is in the world by 284 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 2: the way that we live into rhythms like this. Okay, 285 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 2: so what does it mean for you? Well, first thing 286 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: is this is a way we honor God. It is 287 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 2: a command, but it's not meant for a big burden 288 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 2: that creates rules that you feel like you're either living 289 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: into or not. To me, sabbath is an opportunity. It's 290 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 2: not an obligation. We don't live under the Old Testament law. 291 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 2: We don't live under those stipulations. But because Jesus himself 292 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: laid out what a sabbath looks like, it is worth 293 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 2: us thinking about what does a rhythm of rest and 294 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 2: restoration look like in my life. It doesn't mean that 295 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 2: it has to look like it's got all these rules 296 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 2: around it. It has to be exactly the same time, it 297 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 2: has to have exactly these same rules. It does mean 298 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: that we honor God by the way we dedicate time 299 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 2: to the idea of rest and restoration. Because of what 300 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 2: it does for us. Right, It's meant to be a 301 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 2: time of refreshment. So I think the first question you 302 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 2: could ask is what is refreshment? What does holy refreshment 303 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 2: look like to you? Not what entertainment looks like, but 304 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 2: what does it look like for you to be refreshed. 305 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 2: There's a few themes that I usually find that people 306 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 2: talk about when they think about being refreshed. Sometimes there's 307 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 2: a creative element, like I like to paint or garden 308 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 2: or something like that. There's a creative element. Times to rest, 309 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 2: there's often an actual like resting like sleeping, napping being 310 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 2: still element to people's restoration. And then a third one 311 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: is enjoyment with other people, like I just want to 312 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 2: sit with my family and have a meal. I just 313 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 2: want to have, you know, uninterrupted time for conversation. There's 314 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 2: like a refreshment in relationship as well. So those might 315 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 2: give you some ideas of what. 316 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: It might look like. 317 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 2: And then another one I forgot to mention is being 318 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 2: in nature. So these are the things I hear from 319 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 2: people a lot. From the people I pastor are the 320 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 2: people that are my clients. Those are generally the themes. 321 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 2: Ears may look different than that. But if you are 322 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 2: going to take a break from your work, whatever your 323 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 2: work looks like, and you're going to trust that God 324 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 2: is in the driver's seat, and you are simply going 325 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 2: to take a sabbath rest from feeling bad about yourself, 326 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: from putting a lot of rules around your life, from 327 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 2: your simply going to rest, even if that's for four hours, 328 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 2: if that's one set apart half day, if you could 329 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 2: try to find a sundown to sundown, so maybe starting 330 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 2: Friday night into Saturday, at the end of the day, 331 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,719 Speaker 2: if you were to put a side technology, put aside 332 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 2: your work for a period of time, Notice what happens 333 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 2: when you do that. A lot of times we will 334 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 2: feel very anxious the first time we try to rest 335 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 2: from our work, first time we try to disconnect from 336 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 2: those obligations. But making space like that, being in nature, 337 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 2: actually resting, spending time with people that you love, doing 338 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,959 Speaker 2: something creative. Maybe just give that shot and see what 339 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 2: it feels like, See where you struggle, see where you strive, 340 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 2: see where you actually just find that flow and that 341 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 2: bliss of simply being and rediscovering what it feels like 342 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 2: to just be a kid in the kingdom. 343 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: As I like to say, to play and to be restored. 344 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 2: There are so many studies out that show that there 345 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 2: is a diminishing returns on productivity, like if you're just 346 00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 2: trying to work all the time. 347 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: You actually become less and less productive. 348 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 2: So there's all this science that supports the idea of Sabbath, 349 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 2: but that's not the reason we do it. We simply 350 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 2: do it because God said, your honoring me when you 351 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 2: do this, and I am honoring you because I made 352 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 2: this for you. So Sabbath is a gift that we 353 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: can either accept or reject, and I want to invite 354 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 2: you to think about how you might accept that gift, 355 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 2: might make a few moves toward. 356 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: That gift in the next few days or a few weeks. 357 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 2: You can check out the download that we've put together 358 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 2: for you guys Nicole Unis dot com slash Spiritual Practices 359 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 2: that will give you a few other ideas, and we'd 360 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 2: love to hear from you. How are you discovering Sabbath 361 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 2: again in your life? What does that look like for you? 362 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 2: You can find me on Instagram at Nicole Unis, you 363 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 2: can shoot me an email. Would love to hear from 364 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 2: you and hear how you are discovering what it looks 365 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,920 Speaker 2: like to practice restoration through the rhythm of Sabbath. 366 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: Talk with you guys next week. 367 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 3: How to Study the Bible with Nicole Uni is a 368 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 3: production of Live Audio and Salem Media. If you like 369 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 3: what you heard today, please take a second to rate 370 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 3: and review the podcast in your favorite podcast app so 371 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 3: that more listeners like you can find the show. 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