Most Christians observe the Lord’s Day on Sunday as a special day of rest and worship when they leave their daily work on weekdays and go to church on this particular day. They celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus by worshiping God with songs and prayer and praise, listening to God’s word delivered by the pastor and fellowshipping with brothers and sisters in the church. What makes the Lord’s Day different from the other weekdays is the day that enables God’s children to come together to worship and praise God for his mercy and love, as well as to be replenished in the Word of God and refreshed in the power of the Spirit. This is the reason why God made this day holy as it is written in the book of Genesis. “And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy” (Genesis 2:3).

Yet Christians could fall into the trap of “the Lord’s Day” that makes God live on Sundays only. Christians could care nothing about God except they go to church on Sundays. They could worship and praise God hilariously and cry out to God loudly as they listen to sermons in the service. But when they leave the church it seems that nothing happens and they return to their normal life. As for those Christians God is a god of Sundays.

When Hezekiah became king of Judah, who was a truly seeker of God, he invited all of Judah and Israel to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, the day when God delivered the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, and the people of Israel had not been celebrating properly for years. As they assembled for the Passover feast, the congregation came in from both Israel and Judah were all in on the joyous celebration. After the celebration of the Passover, what did the Israelites do when they went home? “When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars” (2 Chronicles 31:1). They not only enjoyed the celebration of God’s mighty power and love, but removed the detestable things that God despised. They wanted to walk blamelessly before the Lord?

Will we do as Hezekiah and his people did after celebrating God’s delivery? Do we allow sin to continue to reign over us after we have experienced the resurrection of Christ in us? Do we still live in sin even we celebrate the Lord’s Day Sunday after Sunday? Let the Spirit of God reign in us not just on Sundays but every day.