Sabbath

Follwing on from my last post, I thought I would post some thoughts on the topic of sabbath.  Recently at church, Simon spoke on this topic and gave some thoughts about why sabbath is still relevant today.  We discussed this in more depth at Lifegroup last week and came up with some interesting thoughts on it.

I have realised that I am not very good at stopping or at finding a point in my day where even though there is still more to be done, I have done enough and I am happy to stop and rest.  I have often found myself studying until about 10pm before I shut down the computer - the TV might be on and I try to convince myself I am resting because I am enjoying what I am doing but in reality, I am not resting at all.

I also came to the realisation that I spend more time with God than I thought I did.  My morning routine includes this.  As I am getting up and ready for the day I have a worship CD on in my room which I will often sing along to...I thought nothing of this but actually this is time with God and allowing him to speak to me and starting the day with him.  I also end my day with God as I will often read my Word 4U 2day just before I switch my light out at night.  This made me realise that I do not have to be spending time reading my bible (which I am not very good at!) to be spending time with God but that I can be doing everyday things and talking to him throughout the day and he can be speaking to me too!

As an outcome of this, I have realised that I need to be more deliberate in giving myself the physical rest I need as although I am not able to work, there are still things that I need to get done during the day and I need to find a point in the day where I just decide that wherever I have got to on my 'To Do' list is fine...the world is not going to stop because I have not done it all and I can carry on with it tomorrow.

I also need to be careful about the things that I consider to be physical rest as not everything that is enjoyable to me is restful.  I enjoy my studying because it is on a subject I am passionate about but doing this is not restful as it requires me to concentrate hard and work hard.  It is WORK!

So, in addition to spending more time studying God's word as mentioned in my previous blog, I am also going to ensure that I stop work by a specific time everyday so that I can get the physical rest from work that I need and in doing this, it will free up some time for me to spend with God too.