“Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.”

Deuteronomy 5: 15, NIV

This week’s lesson on the Sabbath Practice is about the Sabbath as resistance  — Resistance to the “New Egypt” that is our Western world’s system stoking our “restlessness,” defined by a constant yearning for more. Practicing the Sabbath is our resistance to the New Egypt.  We are no longer slaves.  We live in a new kingdom with a new king.  King Jesus invites us to find rest for our souls where we rest from the three “W”’s:   Work, Worry, Wanting.