Truth To Wonder: conversation for christ

You may have noticed that recently, many people are loudly exclaiming how exhausted they are. The frantic nature of modern life has drained them of even the simplest forms of rest. Even holidays are a source of stress and strain to many now, as they try and visit the ‘must-see places’ and fill their itineraries so as to be seen as successful in life. 

True rest is vanishing. As Os Guiness rightly observed, ‘The modern world has scrambled things so badly that today we worship our work, we work at our play, and we play at our worship.’ Real rest has been lost because society has turned its back on the God ordained 7-day week. This blessed structure of six days work, one day of rest, is there to shield us from our own frailties of the flesh. 

This day of rest, was given by God as a gift to mankind. A gift of a precious pausing of labours, so that we could return unto the Lord God and give joyful thanks for His provision and love unto us. It is a blessed day to take stock of everything, see the goodness and grace of the Lord in our own days, and offer up our humble praise and adoration. In this true and unhurried worship, we are refreshed in mind, body and soul. We are strengthened and refocused for the working week ahead, so that we might prove ourselves fit and able soldiers of Christ.

However, if we abandon this blessed day of rest and reflection on God and His Pure Word, then we harm ourselves and deny God His due glory. We fall foul to turning our work into our god, and thereby we live against the provisions of God. We must not fall into the pride that can rise from a busy and hectic life. No one can work themselves into a position of true peace and true rest. These are gifts of God, gifts secured by the very blood of the Son of God Jesus Christ!

Let us guard these gifts, and use them as God has purposed, for our good and His glory. When we lay down our labours and pause for a day, we recognise our own limitations as created, fallen beings. Then we are moved to find our refreshing in our Creator. In His goodness, He will provide this strengthening, giving us happy cause to sing His eternal praises in real thanksgiving. In this spirit of thanksgiving, we are invigorated, revived by the Lord’s Word, and we are focused on the resumption of our labours for His names’ sake. Amen.