New Normal about Work, Rest and Vacation
- From “Thank God it’s Friday” to “Friday Blues”
- Work is Endless. Rest becomes a bonus.
- Vacation is the Reward of hard work.
- Work from Home Burnout
- We have all been trained to work hard and be productive.
- We thought we knew how to rest and relax.
- How can we make room for rest?
Sabbath is a call to cease, to end and to rest
- Exodus 20
- Six days you shall do all your work
- On the seventh day, you shall not do any work
- God is inviting His people to cultivate a rhythm of work and rest
- Deuteronomy 5
- The Lord reminded them that they were formerly slaves in Egypt
- For people who were raised in slavery, rest was a foreign concept
- For slaves, hard work is everything and there was no room for rest
- Exodus 16
- The people were only required to gather manna only for six days
- On the sixth day, they will gather double portion of bread
- On the seventh day: no manna, and they are called to rest
Rest is a Gift
- In God’s redemption plan, rest is not a reward we earn for work well done
- Sabbath is the rest we take in the middle of our ongoing work, without apology
- Sabbath Rest is not just a mandate we try hard to obey
- Sabbath Rest is a special gift from God - for us to embrace
- Sabbath reminds us that God will provide - even when the work is not done
- Sabbath reminds us that He is in control - seven days a week
- Sabbath is a stop sign, creating room for us to receive real rest
Making Room for Real Rest
- A Time to Unplug
- From FOMO (fear of missing out) to JOMO (joy of missing out)
- Starting with no social media for the first 15 minutes of the day
- Then try unplugging for 90 minutes on Saturday
- A Time to Connect
- Connect with yourself - by journaling & reflection
- Connect with God - rediscovering who we are: His beloved child
Be Still - a Prayer of Being (Psalms 46:10)
- Be still - and know that I am God.
- Be still - and know that I am.
- Be still - and know.
- Be still.
- Be.
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