Ben Stuart emphasizes that rest is a form of faith—that when we stop, we trust, as King David did in Psalm 23, that the Lord will provide and sustain us in the meantime.
Key Takeaway
Sabbath is a symbol of faith—it's trusting that God will be the one that feeds us.
Sabbath - to cease, rest, or take a break.
In Genesis 1, God stopped working to enjoy what He made.
God brings us to life—we do nothing, and then we work from that.
God wove salvation by grace right into the fabric of creation. The day would start in the evening—we began with rest and entered into work. God was already working.
Sabbath is a symbol of faith—it's trusting that God will be the one that feeds us.
Let the land grow naturally, stop, and trust that God will provide.
Let's sit, rest, and meditate on the word.
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Psalm 23
- God was turning worry into worship.
- We'll get better at work if we can rest.
- The shepherd is everything to the sheep. He is a constant, comprehensive, intimate presence. If we have confidence in the competence of our shepherd, we can relax.
- When David understood that the same God who led Moses was leading Him, he could trust Him.
- The contemplation of His sovereignty calmed his anxiety.
- You may be looking for money, fame, influence, and political power to provide for us, but you can't make anything your source apart from God. You're looking for comfort in places you cannot find it. Everything will leave other than Jesus.
- How do we know He will provide? He went into the valley and laid His life down for us.
- The right path will lead you through valleys.
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"Let's sit and rest and contemplate God's Word and then step out into all He's calling us into."
Ben Stuart
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Ben Stuart Ben Stuart is the pastor of Passion City Church D.C. Prior to joining Passion City Church, Ben served as the executive director of Breakaway Ministries on the campus of Texas A&M. He also earned a master’s degree in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Donna, live to inspire and equip people to walk with God for a lifetime.
