My step son Glenn is spiritually wise way beyond his years. A few months ago in passing he asked me one of those zinger questions that rattle around in your head for days… “Do you believe in taking a Sabbath?” he asked. Of course I had all the “right answers” in place… “I was going through a career crisis and I needed to work extra hard and long to make it through to the other side”. Even the Bible talks about being able to “pull your ox out of the ditch on the Sabbath” and I thought I needed this extra time to pull mine out. But it so easy to build habit patterns that carry on far past the ox in the ditch season of life.
Randy Frazee in his excellent book, “Making Room for Life” talks about what I call the 1 in 7 principle. In his chapter called “The Hebrew Day Planner” he writes:
“We function at peak performance when we take one day a week to rest and replenish. When we violate this design, we are abusing our bodies and souls, and little by little we diminish our effectiveness. So important was this principle for living that God modeled it himself by taking the seventh day for rest. Did God do this because he was tired? Does divinity perspire? I don’t think so. God did not come to nightfall on the sixth day and say ‘Thank Me It’s Friday.” God is reinforcing a pattern that is essential for healthy, productive living.”
As a reminder for all of us each Sunday I will post the Re-Charge Day and the guy with his head in the light socket. If you are in Visalia, you are invited to recharge with us at Crossroads Community Church meeting most Sundays in the Visalia Convention Center. If you live somewhere else across America, please email me or post a comment requesting a good church in your area. I’ll do some research and recommend one.
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