Have you ever found yourself at rock bottom? Feeling abandoned? If you have you probably said to yourself, “I can do this alone,” or “I’m not going to depend and anyone but me!” While this s helpful, God made us with the need to live in a world where we need people.
One of God’s first recorded thoughts was about mankind was that it was not good for Adam to be alone. When we try to conquer the world on our own, we often lose perspective in three critical areas:
1. The Physical
2. The Emotional
3. The Spiritual
All three areas in our lives are connected. Science has proven a connection between our physical conditions and our ability to think through complex problems and sort out our emotions.
Notice how when we get tired, we are more irritable and less able to deal with stressful situations and to add fuel to the fire, when we get overwhelmed by emotions, it can hinder our spiritual life, as well as our physical ability to handle what life may throw at us.
When we read Genesis we see that God designed humanity to rest. Six days of work, but the seventh is for rest. Not because God needed a day of rest, but we do. God tells us that the day of rest was for us, not Him.
People need time to stop, rest, and realign our thoughts, minds, and hearts. Permitting ourselves to observe a day of rest helps us find a rhythm between work and rest.
Centuries ago, when there was no electricity, vehicles, or online communication, skipping a day of work was a act of faith. People only had so many hours in a day, so they worked hard for what they needed and let God take care of the rest.
What would it look like if you trusted God to care for you and allowed Him complete control over life? What would your life look like if you stressed less and rested more? In case you needed to hear this: you are not God. You cannot be everywhere all the time, with the ability to do everything. Because we are human, we are limited by time, space, energy, and location. Give yourself that one day of much needed rest.
A day of rest was not designed as a way to get out of work or not work because it wasn’t enjoyable. God created a day of rest to be a purposeful pause that should remind us that we are not in control of our life,
No amount of money can provide is with eternal security. Wealth tricks us into believing that it Carrie’s eternal promises and prosperity when I fact it’s a caricature of God’s eternal promises.
We tend to exhaust ourselves in search of wealth at the expense of most, If not all, areas in our lives, money is a false god many a worshiping. Money on earth is a necessity but our thoughts and attitude towards it determine whether we worship it or use it as a tool in worship to God.
When we’ve hit rock bottom, and feel abandoned we push ourselves to great lengths until we are physically exhausted and overwhelmed. We have to use all our reserve then we crash under the weight of our burnout.
When our activity exceeds our ability to recharge, there are severe consequences. We struggle in the ability to be quiet and still. (No one is immune to this struggle). Psalm 37:7 says, to “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Psalm 40, 10 God says, “Be still and know that I am God.” This should remind us that no matter hoe hard we try to be in control,
God is holy and the ruler of all nations. Being still for the Holy One, when you are at rock bottom, and you will find hope through quiet restful ness.
From Pity to Praise 