Whatever God commands men to do is for their benefit, and not for His. God does not have slaves working for Him, but He has children whose welfare constitutes His pleasure.
So the Sabbath is too often regarded as a hardship to be endured if one would get enough good "marks" to entitle him to enter heaven. But "the Sabbath was made for man." (Mark 2:27).
It is a rest, not a work; a delight, not a hardship. It is the memorial of God's wonderful works, by which we triumph over our enemies."
E.J. Waggoner