Promise 75 from Exodus 31:15

Ex. 31:15 - "For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death." - This verse does seem a bit extreme, but in its extremity it reveals God's passion about the importance of it. Most western folk really struggle with rest. we need to hear this command over and over again and to fully understand God's intention. We will most likely not drop down dead right on the spot if we work on the Sabbath, it hasn't happened to me yet, however there is a figurative death that does take place when the Sabbath rest doesn't. There is a death of oneness with the Lord. As was written previously, the Sabbath day was consecrated as a holy day, so it was a day set apart specifically for God. When we busy ourselves constantly, we don't stop our minds and hearts at that place of rest. The place of rest is an interactive time with God where He moulds Himself into us and we in Him, the more we remove ourselves from that place or allow ourselves not to go there, there is death in that takes place; The promises God has for us, His words of encouragement, the acts of His miraculous touch and power on us are all memories that begin to die off and we begin to get self-reflective and problem focused. We loose sight of who He is to us and who we are to Him. The enemy takes advantage of our lack of focus on the Lord and uses those times for his purposes. Sometimes spiritual gains seem to die away as we get sucked into past thoughts, temptations and actions. This is the death that takes place. Thankfully, by God's love and mercy, He resurrects the dead when we come into that restful, abiding place with Him and stay in obedience to what He is passionate about.