Friday, May 8, 2020

Fri.-Sabbath, 5/8-10/20 Devotion

Praise God—it is almost Sunday! In order to help us get ready for worship as the church of Christ, here is Thomas Watson, from his book, entitled, "The Ten Commandments":

"The Sabbath Day is for our interest. It promotes holiness in us. The business of weekdays makes us forgetful of God and our souls. The Sabbath brings God back to our remembrance. When the falling dust of the world has clog-ged the wheels of our affections [love], that they can scarce move towards God, the Sabbath comes, and oils the wheels of our affections, and they move swiftly on.

"God has appointed the Sabbath for this end. On this day our thoughts rise to heaven, and our tongues speak of God. . . . The heart, which all the week was frozen, on the Sabbath melts with the Word. The Sabbath is a friend to Christian faith; it files-off the rust of our graces. It is a spiritual jubilee, wherein the soul is set free to converse with its Maker."