How often do you rest? I mean how often do you really take the time to not do any work and just rejuvenate? It has been proven this time helps us to refocus and renew our endurance for the days ahead.
Whether you work outside of your home or not, your day is filled with deadlines, appointments, and responsibilities. Getting the rest you need isn’t just about sleeping enough hours when your head hits the pillow each night.
God created the world in six days. Now His time is not ours so these six days could have been longer than our normal days. The fact still remains though that on the seventh day He rested. Even God thought it so important to take a day of rest—or Sabbath—that He modeled it for us to follow suit.
He even made it one of the Ten Commandments to keep the Sabbath holy and observe it. This past year has had its ups and downs, but one thing most of us has had more of is time. Time to reflect, more time with our immediate family, more time to spend learning to trust God with our lives.
The God of the universe didn’t just create us all and leave us here to fend for ourselves. His presence is still ever present all around us. We have the opportunity to live each day in the presence of God. To rest in Him is to come to Him when you are overwhelmed, stressed, and concerned about things.
Physical rest is good and we need it to live, but spiritual rest and renewal can only happen when we choose to live our lives for Him and in His presence—aligned with His will. If you find yourself so busy with life that you have lost focus and time for God, it’s time to reevaluate how you live out your days.
How often do you take time to rest in Him? How do you feel when you take this time and how do you feel when you don’t have the time to rest?
