The Sabbath a God-given Break!

I've often been turned off by McDonald's advertising slogan, "You deserve a break today!" Who says we deserve a break? It promotes a self centered focus. It cons us into giving them our money for a self serving reason. I'd rather have us say to someone else, "You deserve a break today" and bless them by buying lunch for them. (We need Christians in the advertising field to introduce Christian principles into advertising rather than enticing fleshly desires.)

Recently, I was thinking that God by ordaining the Sabbath is saying to the human race, "You deserve (or need) a break today!" When God says it as our all knowing and loving Creator then it takes on new meaning. He designed us and knows what our bodies, minds and spirits need. It is a beautiful expression of His love when He says to us "I want you to take a break" once each seven days to rest and worship. He hallowed it and blessed it so that it should be something set apart and full of blessings.

This past week events conspired to deprive me of normal sleep one night and the results have affected me for several days. It didn't really "hit" me emotionally until two days later when my emotions crashed like a computer hard drive. Those who don't follow the normal pattern that God designed of taking one day in seven as a Sabbath, often don't experience the results until years later. They go along fine until one day they crash in some way. If we will listen to God's loving call "You deserve (or need) a break today!" and follow His ways, how prosperous our bodies, minds and spirits will be.