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'God ended His work ... and He rested ...' Genesis 2:2
We live in an action-packed world; there is always something else to do and no time to properly rest. But God showed us that it's very important to take time out, to put your feet up and chill. 'God ended His work ... and He rested...' If God Himself took a break and had a rest - then it shouldn't surprise us that we would need to the same too.
In fact, rest is so important to God that He commanded us to do it: 'Work six days ... do everything you need to ... but the seventh ... Don't do any work... God ... rested on the seventh day. Therefore God blessed the Sabbath day; he set it apart as a holy day' (Exodus 20:8-11 NIV).
Rest is something we have to do; it's not an option! Taking time out is not a luxury: it is the way we were meant to exist. It's good for our health and stops us repeating mistakes because when you stop it's easier to see where you're going wrong and put it right. Rest re-energises us and helps us keep God in the number one spot.
By the way, in order to rest one day a week it means we need to be working doing something productive the other six days, you can't rest from doing nothing! So if you're sitting around on your backside most of the week you need to redress the balance. Get a God-styled week, six days of working hard and one day just resting.
written by Bob Gass
'God ended His work ... and He rested ...' Genesis 2:2
We live in an action-packed world; there is always something else to do and no time to properly rest. But God showed us that it's very important to take time out, to put your feet up and chill. 'God ended His work ... and He rested...' If God Himself took a break and had a rest - then it shouldn't surprise us that we would need to the same too.
In fact, rest is so important to God that He commanded us to do it: 'Work six days ... do everything you need to ... but the seventh ... Don't do any work... God ... rested on the seventh day. Therefore God blessed the Sabbath day; he set it apart as a holy day' (Exodus 20:8-11 NIV).
Rest is something we have to do; it's not an option! Taking time out is not a luxury: it is the way we were meant to exist. It's good for our health and stops us repeating mistakes because when you stop it's easier to see where you're going wrong and put it right. Rest re-energises us and helps us keep God in the number one spot.
By the way, in order to rest one day a week it means we need to be working doing something productive the other six days, you can't rest from doing nothing! So if you're sitting around on your backside most of the week you need to redress the balance. Get a God-styled week, six days of working hard and one day just resting.
written by Bob Gass
