The Seventh Day

Genesis 2:1-3

I can only imagine what was going on in heaven as the heavenly beings looked on what God called man.  Can you hear the questions, what is man; I heard he has a free will, what is that?  One angel may have said to the others, it is the freedom to choose, and some other angel may have said what would they choose, God has placed them in this beautiful garden, He has given them dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.  Another angel may have injected, you know that God has blessed man, and told him to be fruitful and multiply, and God has given him every plant yielding seed that is on the earth, and every tree that has fruit for food, what’s to choose?

That is when one angel spoke up and reminded the others that before Lucifer rebelled against God they also had the ability to choose, but surely man would never rebel against God!  Why would man want to live any way but dependant on God?  Surely man knows that God has designed him for fellowship with his Creator.  That can only happen when man lives knowing that all that is good and perfect comes from the Father.  That is when an angel spoke and said, remember that one third of the angels in heaven were deceived by Lucifer, that devil, but surely man would never choose to live independent from God, surely he would not choose pain and death, over fellowship with the Father?

All of heaven is waiting and watching to see what God will do on the seventh day of creation, it has been a very busy week, so much has been done, what will God do on the seventh day of creation?  “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.  And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.  So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.” 

Do you seem to never stop?  The weeks are filled with schedules that by your choice leave little time for rest, little time for God, do you live as if you have no choice, if so you are living an independent life and that is not what you were designed for.   It is so easy to live independently and believe you are in the center of God’s will.  God designed you to have fellowship with your Creator and he designed you to need a day of rest.  Do yourself a favor and stop living out of fellowship, stop living independent from the Father and honor what God honors.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice