Exodus 23:10-12
““For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your olive grove. Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your female servant, and the foreigner, may be refreshed.””
This passage is part of the Law given to Moses for the people of Israel as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. It outlines instructions for how they are to live in relation to the land, to each other, and to God, establishing rhythms of work and rest.
What practical adjustments might enable more people, especially the most vulnerable, to experience the physical and spiritual benefits of sabbath rest today?