Invitation, Not Interruption (Luke 9:10-17)

In this episode we continue on in Luke 9:10-17. Within this set of verses we read about the miraculous feeding of the 5,000. Together, we jump into the topic of sabbath. Viewing this miracle account through the lens of sabbath challenges us to recognize sabbath as having more to do with dependence than sleep. When we grow more and more in our dependence on Jesus for everything, we enter the rest He has for us. This points us to the reality that sabbath is not just a moment we set aside; instead, sabbath is something we can experience on a moment by moment basis as we depend on Jesus. Sabbath carries with it more of a connotation to rest in, rather than rest from.