1) Silence, Stillness and Centering before God (2 minutes)
2) Scripture Reading—Psalm 92:1-6
It is good to praise the LORD
And make music to your name, O Most High,
To proclaim your love in the morning
And your faithfulness at night,
To the music of the ten-stringed lyre
And the melody of the harp.
For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
How great are your works, O LORD,
how profound your thoughts!
The senseless man does not know,
Fools do not understand . . .
It is good to praise the LORD
And make music to your name, O Most High,
To proclaim your love in the morning
And your faithfulness at night,
To the music of the ten-stringed lyre
And the melody of the harp.
For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
How great are your works, O LORD,
how profound your thoughts!
The senseless man does not know,
Fools do not understand . . .
3) Devotional
Psalm 92 was a song intended to be sung on the Sabbath. It not only stands as an indictment against today’s culture of exhaustion and destruction, it also presents us with a positive vision of the Sabbath that takes us far beyond all notions of Sabbath observance as a mere reprieve from six days of frantic exertion. Sabbath practice is the focus and culmination of a life that is daily and practically devoted to honoring God . . .
Abraham Joshua Heschel once observed, “Unless one learns how to relish the taste of Sabbath while still in this world, unless one is initiated in the appreciation of eternal life, one will be unable to enjoy the taste of eternity in the world to come.”
"We are simply naïve if we think that having wasted or squandered the many good gifts of this creation, we will not do the same with the gifts of heaven. Sabbath practice, on this view, is a sort of training ground for the life of eternity, a preparation for the full reception and welcome of the presence of God. —Norman Wirzba
Psalm 92 was a song intended to be sung on the Sabbath. It not only stands as an indictment against today’s culture of exhaustion and destruction, it also presents us with a positive vision of the Sabbath that takes us far beyond all notions of Sabbath observance as a mere reprieve from six days of frantic exertion. Sabbath practice is the focus and culmination of a life that is daily and practically devoted to honoring God . . .
Abraham Joshua Heschel once observed, “Unless one learns how to relish the taste of Sabbath while still in this world, unless one is initiated in the appreciation of eternal life, one will be unable to enjoy the taste of eternity in the world to come.”
"We are simply naïve if we think that having wasted or squandered the many good gifts of this creation, we will not do the same with the gifts of heaven. Sabbath practice, on this view, is a sort of training ground for the life of eternity, a preparation for the full reception and welcome of the presence of God. —Norman Wirzba
4) Question to Consider
How might Sabbath keeping (an entire 24-hour period) or a Daily Office (a mini-Sabbath for a few minutes) provide for you a taste of eternity?
How might Sabbath keeping (an entire 24-hour period) or a Daily Office (a mini-Sabbath for a few minutes) provide for you a taste of eternity?
5) Prayer
LORD, show me how to welcome your presence, not only one day a week, but every day. Train me for an eternity. Grant me a taste of heaven thorough an experience of true Sabbath rest. In Jesus’ name, amen.
LORD, show me how to welcome your presence, not only one day a week, but every day. Train me for an eternity. Grant me a taste of heaven thorough an experience of true Sabbath rest. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Conclude with Silence (2 minutes)
*From "Begin the Journey with the Daily Office" by Pete Scazzero
