Work and Rest

On this Labor Day weekend, we pause to ponder work and rest.  Our culture has distorted both of these, resulting in an unhealthy, burned out, and over-medicated people.  Today we stop, listen to God’s Word, and rest in him.  A proper understanding of work and rest is the catalyst to escape the rat race, and offer meaningful and God-pleasing service. 

“Society as a whole and individuals are dying because they do not have the revolutionary old Biblical doctrine of work. The modern doctrine of work, which has replaced the old Biblical doctrine of work, is working so that you earn a living. You make money so that you can do what you really want to do…. The result of the work is only a byproduct…. the real aim is money or status.”  -Dorothy Sayers, “Why Work?”

For Further Reading:
Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives by Wayne Muller.
Walking on Water by Madeline L’Engle
Keeping the Sabbath Wholly by Marva J. Dawn.

Pastor Jeff Cloeter
jeff@reliantchurch.org