Genesis

Seventh Day: Rest! (Genesis 2.1-3)


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How many times can God say "complete", "finished", "done" in just three short verses?
He steps back from all that He had made on days one through six and says, "yes!" Then, He blesses, sanctifies the "seventh day", a day for His children to recognize and rest in His sufficiency.
As His children, how should this shape us? What impact should God's rest have on my own?
So many opinions, ideas, plans, rumblings... so little, real, rest. Perhaps it's time for toning down, tuning in, and resting up upon the Word of God.
Today's passage:
2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 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. 3 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. -Genesis 2.1-3 (esv)
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GenesisBy South Church