Rest - Phil Stevenson
“It’s hard to rest when you’re wired for work.”
Are you always restless, always striving, always planning, always moving? To what end?
Being busy makes us feel important, but be aware: “Busyness is not from the devil, it is the devil,” claimed Carl Gustav Jung. Busyness kills the silence for which our souls long.
Does the noise created by the activity in your life threaten to drown out your voice when you cry out to God,
“Listen to my cry for help, O God. Pay attention to my prayer. From the ends of the earth, I call to you when I begin to lose heart. Lead me to the rock that is high above me.” Psalm 61:1-2”
This week’s video continues on the theme of rest and comes from Phil Stevenson where he shares that ‘rest is more than recovery’ and that it is ‘preparation’ for the work to come.
Once again, we challenge you to take some time to ask God to shape your vision of rest, and then take some steps to get yourself prepared for what God is calling you to do in your work and life more generally.
Be blessed as you rest in God’s presence this week and over the coming weeks.
*Some of the text above is drawn from entreworship.com who have a number of blog posts on rest which you should have a look at.