Sunday’s Blessing – 01/18/2026 – Holidays

Sunday’s Blessing – 01/18/2026 – Holidays

Monday is a national holiday in the United States. It is a day set aside to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The word holiday is derived from the term “holy day,” and has its roots, at least for Christians, in the writings of Moses, where God directed Israel to “remember this day and keep it holy.” We have pretty much lost that concept in the West, but nonetheless we still call ourselves keeping holidays.

Israel was commanded to keep the seventh day holy unto God, who called it the Sabbath. I wrote several articles a few months ago on the Sabbath. Perhaps you can look them up here on the blog. There were other days where God Himself directed Israel to celebrate. They are represented by the various feasts implemented under the Law of Moses; things like Passover, Feast of Tabernacles, etc. Others have been added through the years by Jewish leaders to include things like Chanukah, Yom Kippur, etc.

Western Christian cannibalized the Sabbath and called it Sunday yet apply the commandment to it to guilt their members to attend regularly. Sunday has never been the Sabbath. For most Western Christians, Sunday is anything but a day of rest. Some denominations (cults as others consider them) still meet on Saturday (Seventh Day Adventists) while others do not regard any day above another in terms of spiritual significance (Jehovah’s Witnesses).

Personally, I do not think God cares much about what we call this day or that day, or what we do or do not do on any given day. His whole focus is for His people (all of them, Jew and Gentile alike) to recognize their rest is found in the True Sabbath, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, Prince of Peace, King of Kings, the Good Shepherd, the Son of God. He alone is our sabbath and He is worthy to be honored and remembered every day!

Today’s Blessing:

May you find sabbath rest wherever you are

So you can declare like Paul who said, “Regardless of my state, I am content.”

And you can maintain your rest (or peace as I like to call it) at all times

Bringing the rest of God with you into every life you touch

May all the days between holidays be joyful and fulfilling

Since Christ came to redeem you every day of your life

Including the ones which have already past

Washing you with forgiveness past, present, and future

May you realize that every day is a “holy” day because of THAT day

When Jesus was “begotten” of the Father and became His True

May you hear the same words the Father spoke over Jesus

This is my beloved child (you) in whom I am well pleased