What a convicting depiction for me to grasp! Can you imagine? Working consistently, reaping for 6 years and then just ceasing for an entire year?? The Israelites truly relied on the Lord for everything.
Imagine not working for an entire year and taking a 365 day Sabbath, trusting the Lord will provide. In this economically struggling times, God is certainly asking His people to trust he will provide. It just astounds me to see what God instructed of His people in the Old Testament and how they would abide in unity.

Leviticus 24:1, Leviticus 25:2, Leviticus 25:18, Leviticus 25:19, Leviticus 25:20 and Leviticus 25:21-22