Sabbath
In the beginning, even before Jesus settled on the earth with us in human form, God himself practiced the habit of Sabbath. On the seventh day of creation, God rested. When God brought God’s people out of slavery, God invited them into this habit – the habit of finding a day in the week to rest entirely from work. It was an invitation to practice the reality that they were no longer slaves to the cultures that had demanded so much of them.
Practicing Sabbath is about embracing our limitations – walking in the truth that we are creatures who need sleep and rest and recovery. It’s about embracing the reality that God is in control and that the work we contribute to the world and the work we do to keep those we love happy and healthy is ultimately God’s burden. Sabbath reminds us that “the world doesn’t hang on what we can accomplish, but rather on what God has accomplished for us.”
Use the tools in this toolbox to help you figure out what true rest – physical, spiritual and emotional – could look like for you.