Isaiah 58: 6-9; 13-14

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.  Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I."

"If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,  14 then you will find your joy in the LORD,  and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

This chapter seems to be about the promises of the Lord to His people if they will obey the premises that He gave. It seems to be about the practices that concerns God and what He would do if His people will be faithful to those practices. The first one He talked about is fasting.  It tells people of how to fast in a way that they would glorify the Lord. It also tells them that if one is able to fast accordingly, the Lord will hear that person when he or she calls.  The second practice mentioned in this chapter was keeping the Sabbath day holy. Nowadays, a lot of people are neglecting this law. It is because everyone seems to be busy making money and doing other activities that they do not have time to spend for God anymore. A lot of career oriented people work even on Sundays because they have become workaholics and have become addicted to the prospect of gaining more income. What they do not know is that God will bless them more if they will go to church on the Sabbath day. There are 7 days in a week, for 6 days, God allows us to do whatever we please. He only requires us to spend at least one day honoring Him by doing what we have to do and avoiding sin. Will you not give God your Sunday (or Saturday if that is the Sabbath day in your religion) when He is very much willing to give everything for you?? Think about it.