The Lord Rested

So give me a lot of grace here as I type this thought out.  It came to me while listening to a song.  The Lord created in 6 days and on the 7th day He rested.  I am assuming He kept this pattern because He taught us to do so.  Moses commanded it.  Then Jesus comes on the scene and talks about it.  God's set pattern is labor for 6 days and rest on the 7th.  Chick-fil-a does it...does Hobby Lobby still do it?  I love the old time farmers who do it.  And God does.  So fast-forward with me to the Passion Week or the week leading up to Jesus' death.  From Sunday to Friday He labored until Friday at 3pm and then He breathed His last breath and said, "IT IS FINISHED."  He dies.  Job accomplished!  He is quickly taken from the Cross and sort of thrown into the tomb, because Sabbath was quickly approaching and you don't work on the Sabbath.  So once Sabbath is over with, then they will go back to the tomb at the first sight of daylight and give Jesus a proper burial.  Tracking with me so far?  Haha. 

So Jesus is taken off the Cross and placed in the tomb before 5:15pm.  Sabbath starts!  Let's reflect on some people shall we?  The religious leaders are joyful and thankful to be done with this Rabbi who claimed to be God.  Pilate was very confused and tried to wash his hands from this weird situation.  Peter and the rest of the disciples are crushed!  Mary (mother of Jesus...and probably Mary Magdelene) didn't sleep at all that night.  And Satan, Satan had the biggest victory party ever on the face of the earth...he thinks he has won.  But what about God?  What was God doing?  Well, believe it or not, God was resting.  I even chuckled thinking as Creation was at its worse moment ever and the enemy was rejoicing, God rested!  What?  Why?  Please please please drink these two thoughts in:

1.  He is never rattled by anything!  He is not shaken!
2.  He is still In Control.  He knows how the Story Ends!

Wait, but...nope!  In Control.  Yay but...nope!  In Control.  Death?  In Control  Cancer?  In Control  Abuse?  In Control

And not only In Control, but satisfied.  Satisfied?  Really?  Yep, the Son of God allowed the Father to be reunited with His children.  Pleased!  Jesus is dead...but not done!  Wait till tomorrow morning.  Sunday morning, first shine of light and they go back to tomb and Jesus is already back at work.  God is already back at work.  The Sabbath - day of rest is over, it's time to be poured out again and that's exactly what Jesus is doing...what are you going through right now?  Is it bigger than you are?  Well, i've got great news for you, God is bigger than whatever it is that you are facing and when it seems like everything is crashing down, God is In Control and He is not rattled...He knows how it ends.

On the worst day of all creation - God rested!  Now are we going to rest in Him?   Are we going to trust Him?