That’s a good way to think about how the Sabbath comes to me. I am drained out and long for the renewal of worship and concentrated humanity, all seeking to worship. Worship is my greatest need. To openly lift my body, heart, and mind to acknowledge You are worthy of all my worship and praise.
It is a great cleansing of all that has weekly stained me and led me astray, of my pride and self-righteousness, and of my lack of love for my fellowman. Of greed, sloth, and apathy. Of a week of slowly making myself king.
But it is also a great renewing, refilling, recommitting my heart, mind, soul, and strength to You Three as King over all of me. To clean myself inside, so I can live rightly on the outside. To refocus my senses, sharpen them, tune them toward You Three and all that is of You. It softens me, allows me to see and hear aright again, make me kind, and fills me with longing to love and help. It allows me to throw my tightly fitting crown at Your feet and give life another determined attempt. The great do-over, a new week, and oh, the glory of what a new week might hold for me!!! Amen and Amen. Why Me Lord?
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