Day 7 - The Double Portion and the Sabbath Rest

SCRIPTURE:
Hebrews 4:9
There remains then a Sabbath rest for the people of God....

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Do you know that God wants you to have money just as bad as you do? God’s plan was that the earth would be created with all the resources in it that man would ever need before man would be placed here. It took six days for God to prepare the earth and finish it for man. Man was created at the end of the sixth day of creation and God rested on the seventh day. He rested because everything was finished, not because he was tired.

God had designed creation so that man could live and exist in the seventh day with Him, and without worry for his provision. But, when Adam sinned, he gave that provision away. Adam’s sin caused mankind to become survivalists – seeking out an existence by our own labor, sweat, and pain. However, God gave man a picture of what he would someday restore – the seventh day, the day of rest, the Sabbath.

On the Sabbath day man was not allowed to work, or to sweat or toil for provision. Instead, he was to REST on the Sabbath day. This was made possible by a double portion he received on the sixth day. This double portion was just as the name implied – double the amount it took to live on for one day. So, on the sixth day, man received the provision he would need to rest on the seventh day. So now you’re thinking, “Wouldn’t it be great if that was possible today?” Well, the great news is that it’s not only possible, but it’s what Jesus paid for.

When Jesus said on the cross, “It is finished,” He was referring to the same finished work that God was referring to when he said it was finished back in Genesis 2, meaning that everything was now available for man and he was free from the earth curse system of lack and poverty. 2 Peter 1:3 confirms this for us when it says that we have now received everything we need for life and godliness.

So what does this really mean? Well, the way this thing looks in the natural world is that we now have the ability to gather and produce wealth supernaturally. We have the ability to gather and produce the double portion! This happens through God-given ideas, direction, and timing. As we listen to God, he will direct us to harvest ideas and concepts that we were not aware of previously. It’s this flow of ideas and new concepts that God will use to transform our lives over the next few years in the Celebrate Freedom Campaign. Remember, the Sabbath was only possible in the Old Testament by having the ability to harvest more than enough – the double portion. Hebrews 4:9 and Isaiah 61 tell us that the double portion and the Sabbath rest are available to us as the New Testament Church.

Action: Keep a prayer journal and list all of the new ideas that come to you in prayer and throughout the day.

Celebrating Freedom Together,
Pastor Gary Keesee