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Rest And Recreation

Thursday June 27, 2024

It's summertime – time for rest and recreation and hopefully some quality time with friends and/or family.  We have daily rhythms of work and sleep, and weekly calendars that include workdays and weekends.  

Some of us have at least one annual time of vacation where we take a week or more to really get away from the usual routines and enjoy nature and rest.  A time to rest and come away from the daily routine is a need God created in us. 

You may work six days a week to do your job. But the seventh day is a day of rest in honor of the Lord your God. So on that day no one should work.  (Exodus 20:9-10 ERV) 

Whether we are at work or play God wants us to be people who know peace and rest of soul.  Knowing God and trusting Him is how we find peace in our souls.  Life, even doing well in recovery, is more than we can handle on our own.  That's why we make a habit of handing the stress and pressure of daily living over to God, inviting Him to do for us that which we cannot do for ourselves.

It is surely true that I find my rest in God. He is the God who saves me. It is surely true that he is my rock. He is the God who saves me. He is like a fort to me. I will always be secure.  (Psalm 62:1-2 NIRV) 

When we put our trust in God, confess our sins, and turn away from them, we are forgiven.  At times the enemy seeks to rob us of our peace of mind and rest of heart.  He'll get us feeling guilty about this or that thing from our past.  In those moments, God wants us to find peace by reminding ourselves that God's forgiveness is greater than any wrong we've done. Whatever this day brings for us – work or play – may our hearts be quieted by God's love and care.

This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:19-20 NIV)

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of rest.  I choose to honour You in both my work and rest.  I bring my anxious thoughts and troubled emotions to You, trusting that You will quiet my heart and fill my whole being with Your peace.  Amen

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