READ: Genesis 2:1-7
Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest.
Exodus 23:12
Todays technology allows some people to work 24/7. We can bring our work
home or take it on vacation. Work is ever-present with us except when the
electricity goes off.
An ice storm last winter covered several states in a thick glasslike glaze.
Trees and branches fell, blocking roads and keeping people home. Power lines
fell, leaving people in cold darkness, unable to accomplish anything that
required electricity.
Whenever something like this interrupts my life, I realize how important my
own work is to me. Without it, I feel unimportant, unproductive, and
useless. But God doesnt want work to be that important to us, and we
shouldnt need a power outage to get us to stop. In the Old Testament, God
had a plan for getting His people to stop and pay attention to Him. It was
called Sabbath. On the seventh day of the week, they were to stop their work
(Ex. 23:12).
Although New Testament believers arent required to keep this law, rest is
still important. Practicing a day of rest can keep us from the faulty belief
that our work is more important than Gods.
What does it take to make you stop and pay attention to God? Julie
Ackerman Link
He gives me work that I may seek His rest,
He gives me strength to meet the hardest test;
And as I walk in providential grace,
I find that joy goes with me, at Gods pace. Gustafson
If we do not come apart and rest awhile, we may just plain come apart.
Havner
Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest.
Exodus 23:12
Todays technology allows some people to work 24/7. We can bring our work
home or take it on vacation. Work is ever-present with us except when the
electricity goes off.
An ice storm last winter covered several states in a thick glasslike glaze.
Trees and branches fell, blocking roads and keeping people home. Power lines
fell, leaving people in cold darkness, unable to accomplish anything that
required electricity.
Whenever something like this interrupts my life, I realize how important my
own work is to me. Without it, I feel unimportant, unproductive, and
useless. But God doesnt want work to be that important to us, and we
shouldnt need a power outage to get us to stop. In the Old Testament, God
had a plan for getting His people to stop and pay attention to Him. It was
called Sabbath. On the seventh day of the week, they were to stop their work
(Ex. 23:12).
Although New Testament believers arent required to keep this law, rest is
still important. Practicing a day of rest can keep us from the faulty belief
that our work is more important than Gods.
What does it take to make you stop and pay attention to God? Julie
Ackerman Link
He gives me work that I may seek His rest,
He gives me strength to meet the hardest test;
And as I walk in providential grace,
I find that joy goes with me, at Gods pace. Gustafson
If we do not come apart and rest awhile, we may just plain come apart.
Havner
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