Be Still

In our culture, taking time out for rest and relaxation is difficult to say the least. We are creatures of habit who schedule out our days, hours, minutes, and moments. Perhaps we over control our time in order to feel in control of our time.

There are always tasks to be completed, emails to answers, and projects to ponder. We not only think hours ahead in our day, but days, weeks, and months ahead as we flip through our day timers and our fingers type furiously on the screens of our phones. I think it is safe to say that we are a culture that struggles to understand the meaning of rest.

But rest is what God ordained. When He formed the world from nothing to an extravagant something, he took some time off from his work. And I wonder what he did with his time of rest, but alas, he did not tell us. All we know is that he rested from all that he was working to accomplish. And if God felt the need to rest, how much more do we?

“Six days are set aside for work, but every seventh day you must rest completely, even during your seasons of plowing and harvest, you must observe a Sabbath day of rest.” Exodus 34:21

The Lord did not do it for his benefit for he is God. No, I believe that he did it for our benefit. He knew that we would allow all that consumes us to somehow get ahead of us causing great stress upon our body, soul, and spirit. One of the enemy’s greatest weapons against us is the art of distraction. He desires to keep us so busy that we are unable to recognize the pit we’re digging ourselves into. So, in order for us to fully embrace the abundant life Christ has promised, we must follow his instruction- all instruction. We must take a moment to step back, step down- and perhaps step out- so that we can be still enjoying all that he has created both within us and around us.

Father, as we come up against all matters of stress that threaten to overwhelm us, may we remember that you have already overcome the greatest threat of them all: the enemy who desires nothing more than to distract us from all that is lovely and good. In Jesus name, Amen.

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