THIS rest is Holy!

The seventh day and His fourth Commandment. 

Exodus
20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

This day as it were, is much more than meets the eye. This day is specifically named, spoken for by our LORD and deemed as Holy. 
As believers, God calls of us to do many things for His will, this Holy day, this time, He has given for us, not for Himself.

Mark 
2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 

This day is His gift. His knowledge and understanding of His creation, our best intentions and purpose He knows and that is rest. We need rest.

Matthew
11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

We need rest in Him. Time to silence the world around us and just be in His presence. God has given us everything that is good. He has given us our very lives. He also gives us the commandment to stop, slow down and separate from our flesh and focus on our spirit, His Spirit.

We are spirit first and God is and should be the forefront of all our lives but this time is special. His Holy day, where we do not labor or want for anything but His goodness, His Word and His Spirit. 
We also do not participate in things that require others to labor, to separate their time, that should be given to resting in the LORD, to serve our needs.

Isaiah
58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 

He knows what we need, we need Him. God alone provides everything we need to thrive in His goodness through His Ten Commandments.
We give Him all of ourselves if we truly believe on Him, this includes following His command to rest. 

So on that Holy day, above all else, take rest. Take rest in His Word and His Spirit and fulfill His desire for us by showing Him that respect. 

Genesis
2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 

God bless my friends xo