God is a huge fan of resting. In fact, right in the beginning of the Bible, after six days of creating everything from mountains to molehills, God takes a day off.
"Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” - Genesis 2:3
Sometimes life moves so fast that taking a break is difficult. There are emails to be answered, messages to read and reply to, buzzing phones in our pockets, and people needing answers to things faster than we can type them. It almost feels guilty not to be connected to it all, doesn’t it?
God makes a clear distinction between work and rest, and while He tells us that the creating bit was ‘good’, the resting day, He makes ‘holy’. Isn’t that great? Rest is actually holy! In fact, that’s where we get our word for ‘holiday’ - that portion of our diary when it’s phones down and feet up - it’s meant to be a regular, holy thing.
Rest is an amazing part of the rhythm of our humanity. We were designed to rest, and that act of taking a time-out tells the world something of God’s holiness.
When you’re praying today, maybe you could use your time to switch off all your devices too, and ask God to show you how to rest without being connected to the world. Listen out for Him in the stillness. Put your feet up.
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