Genesis 2:3 (NKJV) 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
It’s safe to say that if God took a rest from all His work, then we too should take a rest from all our work. God didn’t do this necessarily because He needed rest. He did this to set an example for us!
Just because we don’t go into work It doesn’t mean we are resting. Sometimes we take our work home with us. And while we should be resting, in our minds and thoughts we are still trying to figure things out. That’s not resting.
What is rest? A bodily state characterized by minimal functional and metabolic activities: freedom from activity or labor.
Rest means REST. Rest from our activities, rest from labor and rest in our thoughts.
Maybe some of us are struggling with health issues, marital issues, or children issues because we simply don’t know the meaning of rest. And we never stop going long enough to address certain things.
It will cause us problems if we don’t know how to pull back and rest, especially if we are the type of person that feels like we always have to be doing something and we never stop “to smell the flowers” so to speak.
Take this verse and pin it up somewhere so we can be reminded that it is not just OK to rest, but it is a necessity.
Rest is the word for today.
Get out of that routine for a short time. Let our minds sit for a bit and just have no thoughts running through them. And enjoy the quietness of rest.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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