Sinclair B. Ferguson

And it's one of the most important verses about remembering that you find in the Old Testament.

It's in Exodus chapter 20.

And verses 8 to 11, I wonder if you remember what that is.

It's the commandment to remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

Now, why is that so important?

I think it's important, a key to remembering for this reason, that from the very creation, God has given us one whole day every week when we can leave aside our work, when we can have leisure to think about Him,

Time to read His Word, time to spend with fellow believers, time to sit under the ministry of His Word.

And through these different avenues, God stores up in our minds the truth that He wants us to know and the truth that He wants us to remember.

I think people often make the mistake of thinking that the Sabbath commandment is about one day in the week.

But if you read it carefully, you'll notice it's actually about seven days in the week.

Six days you work, one day you rest.

And actually, if you think about it,

Adam's first full day was his day of rest.

So he was called to live on the basis of a day when he could reflect on God's creation, God's goodness, store his mind with reflections on who God is and how great He is, and then work through the rest of the week on that basis.

And that rhythm is really very important.

We need that space to have our minds decluttered and to have our minds filled with the truth of God's Word.

It's the day when our whole beings are intended to be recalibrated into this weekly rhythm of rest and work and rest and work.

I wonder if you've discovered what you do when the cursor on your computer screen freezes up.

I remember how amazed I was after trying all kinds of things when I found the instruction saying, close the program, turn off the computer, take out the plug for 30 seconds, then reverse the process and reboot.

And lo and behold, things worked very smoothly again.