OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY.
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The Topic of Open Heavens for
17th May 2023 Is “ God Wants You to Rest”
MEMORISE: 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 oing, and they had no leisure so much as
to eat.
READ: Numbers 8:23-26
23 The Lord said
to Moses,
24 “This
applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to
take part in the work at the tent of meeting,
25 but
at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work
no longer.
26 They
may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting,
but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to
assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”
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Rest is very important to God.
He rested on the seventh day after completing the work of creation and also
blessed the day specially (Genesis 2:1-3). God went on to design various
categories of rest periods for man. In Exodus 35:2, God ordained a weekly
Sabbath of rest that was observed on the seventh day in the Old Testament. In
Leviticus 25:4-5, God also ordained a seventh year Sabbath of rest when the
land will not be cultivated, the people and animals will also take their rest
from farming activities for a whole year.
Surprisingly,
Exodus 31:14 says, “Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto
you:every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death:for whosoever doeth
any work therein,that soul shall be cut off from among his people”. Rest is so
important to God that He places a heavy penalty on defaulters. Despite the
observance of these holidays, the Nation of Israel continued to be more
prosperous than their neighbours that did not have the tradition of taking any
rest.
This
is due to the word of God in Psalm 127:1: “Except the Lord build the house,
they labour in vain that build it: Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman
waketh but in vain”. Therefore, working around-the-clock everyday will not make
you richer or more productive. Jesus Christ showed us the importance of taking
good rest in Mark 6:31, when He told the disciples after their very first
missionary tour,“Come ye apart and rest for a while.”
David
almost died in battle because he failed to rest. His commanders later said,
“Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of
Israel” (2 Samuel 21:15-17). Many people, even ministers of God, are dying from
stress-induced health challenges due to lack of adequate rest. Brethren, rest
is divinely ordained, refreshing and rewarding. I personally ensure I incorporate
rest into my itinerary no matter how tight my schedule may be.
Indeed,
you’ll even be more productive after resting adequately. Beloved, just as God
wants you to be diligent, He also wants you to rest adequately.
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