Refrain from trampling the sabbath

Isaiah 58:13-14

If you refrain from trampling the sabbath,
from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;
if you call the sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the Lord honourable;
if you honour it, not going your own ways,
serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs;*
14then you shall take delight in the Lord,
and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;
I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

We’ve had trouble with Saturdays since the day after Good Friday. Since we as Christians worship on Sunday, what is Saturday for? Maybe in our busy lives, Saturday is meant to be the day we get ready for the Sabbath. Orthodox Jews plan their cooking and cleaning, so that they will not have work to do on the Sabbath. What if we did all that we could on Saturday, so that Sunday could be a day when we “take delight in the Lord,” through worship, time with families, time appreciating God’s creation, even rest?

Try to live today in such a way that you do not “trample the Sabbath” tomorrow.