Tim Chester “The Busy Christian’s Guide to Busyness”
-I’m busy because I need to prove myself
-I’m busy because of other people’s expectations
-I’m busy because otherwise, things get out of control
-I’m busy because I prefer being under pressure
-I’m busy because I need money
-I’m busy because I want to make the most of life
Genesis 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Leviticus 25:4 But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.
Exodus 20: 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
What is a Sabbath? In very basic terms, a Sabbath is a day of the week when we do not work.
Mark 2: 23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Three central disciplines to practice Sabbath:
Solitude
“The soul anchor established in solitude will remain solid when you return to your ordinary life with others.” Dallas Willard
Silence
*Fasting*
Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”