Holy Sabbath Rest

By Lora Vollmar

How do you spend your Sunday?

I awaken to the whispers of love by my Savior. The day begins with worshipful prayer, as does every day, on my knees before my Sovereign King/God/Maker.

Devotions shared with Oswald Chambers, Thomas A Kempis and other saints accompany breakfast. Worshipful music is the background to dressing and preparing for a holy day of communion with God.

Congregational worship in the presence of a Holy God sets the tone for the day. It always contains answers as to what the previous week was all about, as well as clues to what the next one will hold. For those with eyes to see, there are multi-layers of messages from God.

Today’s service was more a time of repentance in sack-cloth and ashes than joyful worship. Both are needful on the battlefield of the way of holiness.

Back home, after a brief lunch and nap, the most important part of the day commences.

I enter the “closet” of my sanctuary (which resembles my multi-use living space in my tiny apartment) and spend the day discussing the events of the week gone by and receiving instructions for the battles to be fought in the coming week. It is a time totally choreographed by God. He dictates the music played, the prayers prayed, the Scripture read, the lessons learned. For those whose faith is exercised enough to know He is Sovereign Maker, this is an easy, natural, effortless way to float through the day. (Any day for that matter!)

In the presence of God, sins are repented of, the soul laid bare, the process of healing commenced and the precious, needful connection with the Spirit refreshed and renewed for the battles ahead.

This time stretches from early afternoon until I retire at night. The day is closed with worshipful prayer as I prepare to surrender myself to my Maker in sleep a symbol of our absolute need of Him.

Thus another Sunday comes to a close, and I am ready to go forth following my Savior wherever He will lead me in the coming week.