The Bible Bloke

And on the Seventh Day, God rested. He rested from His work of Creation. All of it had been done, and He had declared it Good. In this moment we are allowed to pause, and draw breath, and look ahead, just a bit. We know how the story goes. In some ways we have the advantage over those folk who lived in the OT times, who were not part of the Saving Grace of Christ which is very much a part of us if we let it, and yet, they were faithful to God, and did His Will according to the Grace apportioned to them in their lives. You can’t look at Abraham, nor indeed David, or many others and argue differently. The anointed were blessed, and God used them mightily for His purposes, moving His Redemptive Plan forward to that day it found its fulfilment in Christ. I was reading from the book of Matthew this morning, and found the joy of Jesus prayer in chapter 11. Verse 25 Jesus says “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth …” Leap to verse 27 which says “All things have been co...

As I write Sunday is two days away. There is a busy work day ahead tomorrow. Saturday, the last day of the calendar week is full of family activities. Things that need to be done. Places we need to be. But then, many weekends we have the same thing stacked up for Sunday. Our lives are about doing “stuff.” Have you noticed that? Stuff intrudes into every corner of who we are and what we do. Even on Sunday, that day we are supposed to observe that Sabbath. That day which The Lord has deemed so important it finds its way into the middle of the Ten Commandments. Yet where are we at with it? We are there doing more stuff. And yes, its stuff we have to do. Or stuff the World has convinced us we need to do. So hard to break away from it! All of us buy into activities. Especially if we have children. They have things they like to do. They have sport, or play music, or something else. Events are scheduled for times on the weekend that suit the masses rather than being friend...