Exodus 20:8-11
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.”
This passage is from the book of Exodus, where God gives the Ten Commandments to the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai. These commandments form the foundational laws for their covenant relationship with God as they transition from slavery to a new nation.
What might it look like to truly rest and allow others to rest in a world that often values constant productivity?