Our mission has the motto "Know God, Take Action." As many of us will admit, we love taking action but knowing God takes much purposeful and thoughtful work. I recently read two devotions on the Precept website about resting, especially from Psalm 46:10. "Be still and know that I am God."
Be still (cease striving)
Rest, relax, chill out, stop fighting, drop your weapons
Know that I am God
Learn that I am God, or "see that I am God", "Get to know me better"
The blogs go on to say that resting is a matter of trusting that God will continue to work, even when we rest. The Israelites began their day in the evening. They rested before they worked. That was a new idea to me. I thought that we rested because we worked. I have frantically been trying to get caught up with my "to do" list so I can rest. Maybe I have it backwards. Maybe my personal motto should be "Be still, know God, take action." Or "cease striving, know God, take action."
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