\u201cThe work is never done,\u201d is a deadly statement for our generation. There always seems to be something we need to accomplish or a task that is looming around the corner taking needed emotional energy from our present moment. Deadlines have served as the motivators I need to get tasks done and give me a clear end to a project or task. The reason I need a clear end is because I always think there is something more I can do for the project or task. Everything stays \u201cundone\u201d in my mind because I believe there might be one more idea I could add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Genesis 1:31 we read, \u201cThen God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!\u201d For several years I read this passage considering humanity being created and the intimate relationship between God and humanity being \u201cvery good.\u201d In more recent years, I realized the \u201cvery good\u201d of this passage comes at the culmination of all of creation and our God standing back looking over everything and saying, \u201cIt is complete. It is very good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sabbath rest serves as a \u201cvery good\u201d upon our week. It is a statement of completion where we look back over our day(s) and see the work we have accomplished, the relationships we have created, and the experiences of our lives. We speak the truth of completion, recognizing everything may not be done, but we celebrate our \u201cwell done\u201d of the week. In the Tyndale Commentary on Genesis<\/em> we read, \u201cGod\u2019s finished task is sealed in the words he rested<\/em>. It is the rest of achievement, not inactivity, for he nurtures what he creates\u201d (57). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rest as a proclamation of completion changes our mindset from working seven days a week because there is so much to be done to a mindset of six days I work and on the seventh day I proclaim completion and that I have given my \u201cvery good.\u201d In A Woman\u2019s Right to Rest<\/em> the author writes, \u201cA job well done doesn\u2019t mean that we couldn\u2019t have done more but that all that we did was well done. So we rest\u201d (14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n How would your life be different if you understood rest as a proclamation of completion and \u201cit is very good\u201d? How would a lifestyle of work six days and rest the seventh day provide the deadline and framework for the way you work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prayer: Lord, I have a lot to get done: Projects, practice, games, cleaning, mowing, and the list goes on. Remind me of the \u201cvery good\u201d of completion in my life. I want the rest and need the rest. Give me the discipline and the courage to experience the completion of rest in my life each week. In Jesus\u2019 name I pray. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe work is never done,\u201d is a deadly statement for our generation. There always seems to be something we need to accomplish or a task that is looming around the corner taking needed emotional energy from our present moment. Deadlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/livingtheadventure.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blank1-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C4&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingtheadventure.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}