A Time to Rest
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 imagine; every day we can be in total communion with God and walk in the garden with God as in the beginning! Our Eden’s await us. How much of our time would each of us like to spend in paradise each day? It is our decision to make.
This writer’s prayer is that each of us walk in the light more every day. Then, just as the winter’s darkness now fades and more light fills our days, so may our lives be filled with the light of God’s love; spent with God in our gardens.
In light,
Stan
Good Morning Garden 
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