Exodus 35:1-3

1. Remind

2. Ritual

“A ritual protects common but essential elements of human life from reduction, degradation and exploitation. I cannot take charge of a ritual, I can only enter in — or not. Neither can I engage in a ritual by myself; others are involved. So a ritual, simply as ritual, prevents me from retaining any illusions that I am self-sufficient at the same time that it thrusts me into a life with others.”

-Eugene Peterson
Christ Plays In Ten Thousand Places

Exodus 34:18-24

a) Feast of Unleavened Bread- deliverance
b) Feast of Weeks- provision
c) Feast of Ingathering- faithful

The fruit of rituals...

1) Without some consistent rituals in our life we live at the mercy of our urgency and our appetites.
2) Rituals reorient our lives around what we value.
3) Rituals bridge the gap between what I desire and what I experience

Some rituals for consideration…

* kneeling
* silence
* solitude
* friendship
* service


3. Rest

Dt. 5:15

Sabbath does two things:

a) Reminds us that we are not slaves any more
b) Everything doesn’t depend on me




Question for reflection…

1. In your relationship with God, what are you in danger of forgetting?
2. What is a ritual you are willing to engage in every day, week, month and year?
3. What did you used to be a slave to?