series: Guest Speaker Rev. Myung #
verse: Isaiah 58:13-14 #
Intro: #
Do you delight in the Lord? Do you know that the Lord delights over you?
How do we respond to the delight that God has over us?
The Pastor says, “I used to not keep the Sabbath day holy”. He was so involved with other things, that he would push things back to Sunday. But if you delight in the Lord, then you should keep the sabbath day holy.
Main Idea: #
Because God the Son- in whom the Father delights most- suffered and died for us, we can delight in the Lord especially as we keep the Sabbath day. People who seek God daily, delight to know his ways. Delight to draw near to him.
Be careful not to use God as a means to an end. Don’t fast just because you think that it makes you holier. Self-gratifying devotion to God is dangerous. Your delight should be pure and dedicated purely to God.
Ask yourself this, “Why do you come to church?”.
- Is it to praise God?
- Is it to socialize with people you’re close with?
- Does it simply satisfy your ethical needs? Whatever it may be, it must be pleasing to the Lord.
I. Honoring God #
How can we honor God and delight in Him while doing as we please. Especially on his holy day. Why did God rest on the seventh day? To show the utmost important of it. The sabbath is not a day for your personal pleasure, such as football, food and hang outs. Keep it holy by: which means to set it apart. Set it apart for the purpose of worshiping our God, loving our God.
II. Delighting in God #
Fasting isn’t about Not feasting. It’s about feasting on God. Change your mindset when it comes to doing things “for God”. Stop being luke warm. Stop being undevoted.
Think about what God the Father did. He sent what he delighted in the most, God the Son, to us so that we could have a relationship and love Him.
Did you know that during the French revolution, the government tried to change the calendar system into 10 day weeks? But it failed and they eventually switched back to the seven day week. This is because the system of 6 days of work and a day of rest is not only biblical, but inherent to human nature.