THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
Read Exodus 20:8-11.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8).
This commandment about the Sabbath Day was given to the people at the time of their leaving Egypt and going into the desert, and on the surface it meant what it said for that age. It was a wonderful thing in Moses’day to insist that everyone set aside one day a week to think about God or at least to oblige him to stop his secular activities. No rule can make a man religious, or give him faith, but it can help.
Like all the other commandments, this one is instruction in seeking the presence of God everywhere, particularly where the trouble seems to be. Where there is fear and doubt He brings faith, where there is lack He brings abundance.
But here in this commandment about the Sabbath Day there is a still deeper meaning. When you are praying every day and recognizing that God is working in you and in all your affairs, there will be a sense in which every day will be a Sabbath, because for you every day will be a holy day. One of the most wonderful things about the Bible teaching is that we get rid of the distinction between the sacred and the secular. That is one of the most important steps in the whole history of the soul.
God is present everywhere. For those who understand Jesus’ teaching, it is always the Sabbath Day, and the place whereon they stand is holy ground.
Just as our bodies need rest to recover, rebuild and re-energize themselves, our souls also need rest. The Psalm says, “Be still, and know that I am God”. And, while a day set aside for resting both body and soul is the minimum commandment given for the good of mankind, it does not mean this should be the only time we rest and commune with God nor does it mean we should be a slave to the Sabbath.
The ideal would be to commune with God at all times and be at ease with all things in our lives through faith, prayer and good works. This would be the total union of our spiritual and physical lives. Observing the Sabbath is a sure way to move our lives to that point. That does not mean we should let our Sabbath prevent us from doing some good or preventing some bad thing from happening. It simply means we must take enough time in our lives to rest physically and spiritually so that we can be physically strong and spiritually fulfilled. Then each day will become a Sabbath and we will spend them in the gardens God created for us.
At ease,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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