Rhythms of Rest

When God gave the command to observe the Sabbath to ancient Israel, the world was very different. The ancient Hebrews, like many other people groups of the time, lived off of what the land produced. And it was into that context that God gave the almost-crazy command of the Sabbath year: every seventh year, they were to let the soil rest for one entire year.

That concept was crazy then, and it's crazy now. More and more our society is becoming season-less. We don't structure our days and weeks around what the land is producing, and we live our lives in a similar way. We often place the expectation on ourselves that we ought to always be producing, without any seasons of rest. What is there to learn about the rhythm of our lives, as well as how we are to do ministry as the church, from ancient Israel's rhythm of Sabbath?

In this message, Cody explores these things, and also casts vision toward the future of discipleship at White Stone.