The Principle of Enjoying and Resting with God VS The Sign of Being One and United with God (A Divine Principle)

 

The Principle of Enjoying and Resting with God VS The Sign of Being One and United with God (A Divine Principle)

Genesis 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished his work; on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2:3 God blessed the seventh day and set it apart as holy, because on it he rested from all his work of creation and construction.

Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day; set it apart as holy.

Exodus 20:9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, neither you nor your sons nor your daughters, neither your servants nor your female servants, neither your livestock nor the sojourners in your towns.

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and on the seventh day he rested; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy. 

Item	The Principle of Enjoying and Resting with God	The Sign of Being One and United with God
Meaning	Before working, man first enjoys God and rests with Him	In God’s work, man and God are one in spirit and action
Reason	God does not require man to work first, but to receive His supply	God’s work is not done for God but by God within man
Metaphor	The Sabbath: God works, man enjoys	A sign: man does not act by himself but by God
Way	Be filled with God before taking action	Be one with God in action, speaking, and service
Function	Supplies strength, power, and direction	Causes God’s work to express God Himself and His glory
Explanation	Rest is not inactivity, but enjoyment of God’s completed work	Oneness is not cooperation side by side, but one life operating
Result	Man is supplied, refreshed, and rested	The work honors and glorifies God
Mutual Relationship	Enjoyment is the foundation of oneness	Oneness is the expression and proof of enjoyment
Example (OT)	Creation: man entered God’s rest on his first day	The tabernacle builders kept the Sabbath first (Exo. 31)
Example (NT)	Pentecost: the disciples were filled with the Spirit	Peter preached by the overflowing Spirit
Time Principle	For man, rest is the first day	From the first-day rest, man works with God
Cyclic Nature	Rest → Work → Rest again	Oneness → Action → Deeper oneness
Application  (Life)	Turn to the Lord and enjoy Him before everything	Practice being one with the Lord in daily living
Application (Service)	Do not rush to work for God; let God fill you first	Do not merely speak for God; speak with God
Burden	Deliver believers from self-powered religious labor	Bring believers into the reality of God-man oneness
Prophesying Guidance	Declare: “The Lord is my rest and enjoyment”	Declare: “I am one spirit with the Lord”
Conclusion	Man rests in God’s finished work to work with God	Only work done in oneness truly honors God
Core Summary	Enjoy first, then work	Oneness is manifested in working
Ultimate Direction	Prepare man for God’s work	Produce a testimony of God working with man
Related Scriptures	Gen. 2:2–3; Exo. 20:8–11; Heb. 4:9–10	Exo. 31:12–17; Acts 2:1–4; 1 Cor. 6:17; John 15:4–5

 

Overall Divine Conclusion:

God works and then rests; man rests and then works.
Only when man first enjoys God can he work with God in oneness— and this oneness is the divine sign of God’s people.

 

*Please refer to the 2025 Thanksgiving International Symposium on the All-Inclusive Christ as Revealed in the Gospel of Matthew, Part Five: Christ as the Giver of Rest