Heaven Land Devotions - Let Your Land Rest And Lie Still

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Recently in devotions I came across some verses that stood out to
me. I could not get them out of my mind for days. It had to do
with the sabbatical rest of the land.


Out of the whole context of the portion of these verses were
these words regarding the land, "thou shalt let it rest and lie
still." Exodus 23:10-11.


There is a sabbath of rest God wants for His people and animals.
The one for the land spoke so much deeper than ever before. It is
one thing for man and animal to rest for one day.


But God did not want the land to only have one day. He wanted it
to have an entire year and there was a good reason why.


The seventh year the seeds were sown in more abundance knowing
that for an entire year it was not to be touched. It was during
that time, the land brought forth three times more than during
the seven years. See Leviticus chp. 25 for more details.


The poor of the land were then allowed to casually walk through
and take as much as they wanted. The animals were not driven like
out like ususal, but were allowed to partake in what the poor
left behind.


There was rest for the weary creation. There was no limit of
mercy.


There must come a time in our lives that we let our land "rest
and lie still," and do nothing, that we become refreshed. That in
so doing, we will yield more to others in refreshed abundance in
stead of working in the brick yards of Pharaoh's "iron smelting
furnace," for a handful of barely."


"Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh
strength... It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long
run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less."


- Charles Spurgeon