The Vineyard Church
Pastor Steve Huffman,
May 18/19, 2019
Question:
Can I keep my current pace forever?
Genesis 2:2 NIV
Exodus 20:8-10 NIV
Mark 6:31 NIV
Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
Main Point #1:
Getting rest requires…
Connecting to the right source.
Subpoint:
If it’s all about you, you will never be satisfied.
Subpoint:
If your rest comes from others, it will be temporary ... you will eventually become a burden.
Jeremiah 31:25 NIV
Question:
Am I connected to the right source to get rest?
Main Point #2:
Getting rest requires…
Pausing personal accomplishments.
Subpoint:
Receiving a yoke requires…
Being closely tied.
Psalms 127:1-2 NIV
Luke 5:16 NIV
Definition:
Withdrew, hypochōreō
Hypo: Under
Choreo: To leave space (which may be filled or occupied by another), to make room, give place, yield to have space or room for receiving or holding something
Subpoint:
Divert daily and withdraw weekly
Subpoint:
Receiving a yoke requires…
Being still.
Quote:
“A great benefit of Sabbath keeping is that we learn to let God take care of us—not by becoming passive and lazy, but in the freedom of giving up our feeble attempts to be God in our own lives. A major blessing of Sabbath keeping is that it forces us to rely on God for our future. On that day we do nothing to create our own way. We abstain from work, from our incessant need to produce and accomplish, from all the anxieties about how we can be successful in all that we have to do to get ahead. The result is that we can let God be God in our lives.” — Keeping the Sabbath Wholly