Hi, my name is Pete Scazzaro. I want to welcome you today to the emotionally healthy leader

podcast. So good to be with you. Today's topic is Sabbath Part 2, A Taste of Eternity. That's Sabbath

Part 2, a taste of eternity. Now, this message has an angle on Sabbath that's quite different. It's flowing out of Isaiah chapter 58,

where Isaiah writes, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and if you honor it by not going your own way,

and then he goes into all these implications. And basically, so much happens on Sabbath, according to Isaiah,

and it's, I found it to be true, that of course

there's inner transformation in us, absolutely. But then Isaiah talks about, we end up loving our

enemies, which is a key measure of spiritual maturity. We end up loving the poor and marginalized.

There's clear darkness. There's clear guidance in the darkness of life that, you know, comes

our way.

There's blessings, he talks about, of God's power and supply and fresh resources, like water

into a garden, and you have an overflow of delight in us. And then he, as I had talks about,

there's also power then to rebuild and restore ruined places, I think of like the workplace

and neighborhoods. and then there's

free flowing joy and fellowship with God and feasting that no circumstance will crush you. I mean,

what a life. Now, the truth is the lives of most people and perhaps some of you listening today

is hectic. Life is fast-paced and we end up feeling sometimes like we're on a runaway train

and we're not sure how to get off. It's like an adrenaline addiction and busyness of life.

It just, it takes us away from God. It becomes a defense mechanism and a wall that it's got to come

down. This is no small thing. And my experience in teaching on Sabbath

for years is the vastness of the topic, of course, but that many leaders, pastors and then

many people in general, they believe in Sabbath. They love the idea, but they still don't do it.

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