Sabbath Delight
“Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day.
Honour the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
14 Then the Lord will be your delight.
I will give you great honour
and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob.
I, the Lord, have spoken!” Isaiah 58 (NLT)
Remember that Abraham and his descendants including Jacob are by covenant the forefathers of all Christians by faith, and therefore our inheritance is the one promised to Abraham and Jacob.
“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.”
Hebrews 11
But faith also requires obedience, so as Abraham acted in faith, so we too must keep God’s commandments, statutes, and charge as Abraham did. (Genesis 26)