When was the last time that you rested? I’m not talking about sleeping…I’m talking about resting. When was the last time that you put the brakes on, and quieted your life down for a few hours? No agenda…no schedule to keep…no rushing from one activity to another…just rest.
We run so hard, non-stop 24/7. Our vacations are more like working overtime than they are relaxing and unwinding. We think that we’re invincible. We think that we are machines, and forget that we are beings… beings that needs balance. It used to be said that “idleness is the devil’s best tool.” I think that the pendulum has swung to the opposite side and I think it’s now fair to say that “busyness is the devil’s best tool!”
I had an opportunity this week to go away with my family camping in the mountains. We had no agenda other than to rest. We relaxed, we napped, we sat around the camp fire and talked, we went for walks…we planned nothing. It was easy to find time throughout the day to pray, reflect, and listen to the still small voice of God. I needed to hear something from God. I heard from God in the quietness, not in the hustle and bustle. I wonder how often God is trying to speak to me, but the roar of my schedule is drowning out the quiet voice of God?
God often speaks through a quiet whisper, but we’re too busy to hear from Him. When was the last time you shut down, so you could hear the voice of God?
The last time…was also last week, several hours on the in-laws porch, pre-flecting on the wedding weekend to come. The golfing day with Jon at our old course was also very restful…although the need to “unload food & prep” for the reception kept us from playing another 18. Appreciate your thoughts…very fitting as I’m working through God’s Word to us in the 4th commandment this weekend.
Thanks Jon…I like the word “pre-flecting”. I can’t wait to hear how the wedding went. Saw the pictures…looks like everyone had a blast!