7. REST:
On the 1st day of creation God have darkness the night to have physical sleep and Sabbath is also our physical rest as well as spiritual enrichment day.
On the 1st day of creation God have darkness the night to have physical sleep and Sabbath is also our physical rest as well as spiritual enrichment day.
Exodus 20:8:11
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; And hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Ezekiel 20:19-20
Mark 6:31
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.Matthew 11:28-30 KJV
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yokeupon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.Rest is what you need. Rest includes
physical, spiritual and mental rest. Rest repairs, rejuvenate & restores our body.
Strangely enough, we will not find any prescription to take rest. Most of the direction will be directions are about swallow this or inject that.
Here are some simple principles about rest:
* One does not always have to sleep in order to rest. Just a change of pace - doing something different can bring refreshing to your mind and body.
* Everyday work is set aside and you take time to think more of God and His blessings seen and felt everyday of your life.
* You can train yourself to relax, you can stand or sit by an open window or door or walk take several deep breaths. As you do this think thankful thoughts to God in heaven for His blessings. Ask for His help and guidance for the duties just ahead.
“In eating, drinking, and dressing, the laws of health should be
diligently followed, and in regulating the hours for sleep, there should be no
haphazard work.
No student should form the habit of sitting up late at night to
burn the midnight oil, and then take the hours of day for sleep. If they have
been accustomed to doing this at home, they should seek to correct their habits
and go to rest at a seasonable hour, and rise in the morning refreshed for the
day’s duties. In our schools the lights should be extinguished at half past
nine.” Christian Education, P.124.
“Make it habit not to sit up after nine o’clock. Every light
should be extinguished. This turning night into day is a wretched, health-
destroying habit, and this reading much by brain workers, up to the sleeping
hours, is very injurious to health. It calls the blood to the brain and then
there is restlessness and wakefulness, and the precious sleep that should rest
the body does not come when desired.” Daughters of God,p.177.
On the sixth day God ended His work which he has made, and he
rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. Genesis 2:2
The greatest remedy for being tired is sleep or rest. The body
needs plenty of rest to heal. Sleep is the greatest rejuvenator, and prepares
for renewed activity.
“I know from the testimonies given me from time to time for brain
workers that sleep is worth far more before than after midnight. Two hours good
sleep before twelve o’clock is worth more than four after twelve o’clock....” 7
Manuscript Releases, p.224.
All 8th Health Law are not only be taken as literally but also spiritually too (symbolically)
1. Nutrient-He is the bread of life. (man shall not live by bread alone)
2. Exercise- What ever we believe we should show it by deeds (faith without work is dead)
3. Water- He is the Spring of Living water(whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.)
4. Sunlight- He is the Light of the world.(His words are the light unto my path and a lamp unto my feet)
5. Temperance: Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.(Let your moderation be known unto all men.)
6. Air- He is the breathe of life (He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.)
7. Rest: Seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God (You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest)
8. Trust in God- Trust in the Lord with all your heart, might and soul. He is the beginning and the end. He is same yesterday, today and forever (He is our life Sustainer and Provider, Redeemer, Saviour, Comforter,)
NEXT: TRUST IN GOD
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