While we know rest is practically important, is there a spiritual reason for rest? Is there a theological argument for rest? I believe so.
Main Points:
1. We need to see that rest is a gift from God. It’s a blessing to receive, yet it seems so few of us take it seriously.
2. Practicing the sabbath is a spiritual discipline with which many of us struggle. There is always something that needs to be done. Our to-do lists are never completed. Rest sounds nice, but we don’t have time for it.
3. Like all spiritual disciplines, they are only done when we are intentional. It’s God’s will for us to rest. As we do, we will find ourselves refreshed and renewed and more capable of doing what God has called us to do. You’ll do more with rest than you will without it.
Today’s Scripture Verses:
Genesis 2:2 - “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.”
Isaiah 40:28 - “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary.”
Psalm 121:4 - (God) “will neither slumber nor sleep.”
Psalm 127:2 - “It is useless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, anxiously working for food to eat; for God gives rest to his loved ones.”
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