Seize the Moment – Day 479
Sacred Time!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, July 9.
What is your most precious commodity?
You have heard it said that the way you spell love is T.I.M.E. Time is the most precious gift you can give to someone because it is something that we cannot produce. We all have a finite amount of time and how we spend it shapes our lives and proclaims our belief system.
Time is sacred and God built this deeply into the covenant code. Listen to Exodus 23:10-12,
You shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield, but on the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove. Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves.
God declared time as “holy” by sanctifying the seventh day in Genesis 2:3. He built His covenant code upon this truth. In Exodus 23, God was reminding His people of this foundational truth of their faith. He commanded it as the fourth commandment in Exodus 20:8-11 and then instituted it in the covenant code.
God designed us to only find our rest in Him so He established a holy rhythm of life. God even built this into the collecting of the manna in Exodus 16:22-30, so that they would not have to work on the seventh day, but learn to trust Him and rest in His provision. God is sufficient!
Seize the moment and sanctify time by investing it in your worship of God. How you work and rest proclaims your faith in God!