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by Precarious Yates
Narrated by Artificial Intelligence – Jenny.
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This morning, I woke up in so much pain that I could hardly stand. I have been going hard from five in the morning until ten o’clock at night for several weeks, so it was only a matter of time before I woke up like this. My husband was more than sympathetic and allowed me to rest. My children picked up a lot of the farm chores I normally do.
Throughout the day, I have been meditating on one of the most amazing facts from scripture. First Corinthians 6:19:
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?
My propensity to ignore myself while caring for others gets rather out of hand sometimes. I realized it was time to slow it down, take a few deep breaths, and honor the Lord by honoring this body that he has given me. Taking time to rest is not selfish (unless you do nothing but rest). Instead of being a selfish act, rest is a holy act.
God made these bodies of ours to require rest. It resets us emotionally, physiologically, and mentally. It also gives us a chance to posture ourselves before the Lord and hear from Him. This is the reason for Sabbath.
Have you been going and going without rest? It’s important that we take breaks from all kinds of things so that we can rest. Breaks from food—fasting sometimes brings healing. Breaks from social media—this way we can hear what God says and hear our own thoughts separate from the thoughts of others. Breaks from constant activity—when we rest our bodies, we can build up our immune system and our resilience. As it says in Psalm 139:14, we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Hebrews 4:9-11 says:
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
If this has spoken to you, I encourage you to take a few minutes to pray.
Lord, I thank you that you have set a day, and called it Today, when we can enter into Your rest. Thank you for providing rest from our works through Jesus our Lord. Thank you for allowing us a time to draw away with You, no matter the day of the week. Thank you for bringing us refreshing rest that restores our souls. Amen.
God bless you!
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