Gods Sabbath

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our lives will follow the path that God has marked out for us. Then we shall know the victory and success that God has planned for each one of us. And we will experience that peace of Sabbath rest that comes from trusting Him fully to be our Plan Maker, Problem Solver and Burden Bearer.

Christ’s Demonstration

God, the Source of all light and life, was also the Plan Maker, Problem Solver and Burden Bearer for Jesus, who demonstrated true Sabbath rest. In His earthly life there was no human plan ning, for He left it to God, His Father, to be His only Plan Mak er. But was Christ a mere puppet in His Father’s hands? Or did He have a part to play Himself? By studying Christ’s life, we can see that His was an intelligent cooperation of the human and the divine. Although He was free to do things His own way if He so chose, He accepted the plans made for Him by his Father. So ful ly was Christ’s life in harmony with the will of His Father that He is called the Word of God. And Jesus Himself clearly stated that He would in no way depart from the will of His Father: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Fa ther does the Son also does.” John 5:19. “By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.” John 5:30. “So utterly was Christ emptied of self that He made no plans for Himself. He accepted God’s plans for Him, and day by day the Father unfolded His plans. So should we depend upon God, that our lives may be the simple outworking of His will.” The De sire of Ages , 208.2. As we study the life of Christ, we can see that He provides a perfect example of submission to God’s planning. And the marvels of the created universe also demonstrate that God, the Source, is a totally competent Plan Maker, in contrast to the fallibility of hu manity. Throughout the Scriptures it can be seen that whenever God’s people let Him do the planning, their lives are a total suc cess, but whenever they undertake this role themselves, it is a