[This is a continuation of a series from the message I gave at the Creekside Women’s Retreat. To read the whole series, click here. Please also read my disclaimer in part 1!]
As I said earlier, the problem with our culture is not the presence of work. It is the absence of deep rest. And we lack this rest because even when we take physical rest - be it sleep or otherwise - the inner machinery is still going. There are still expectations to live up to, demands to meet and ways we must prove ourselves. As long as you live this way, your work will never be finished, and you can’t find real rest until your work is finished.
But your self image can’t rest on who you say you are, or who others say you are. Your self image must rest on who God says you are.
There is no leisure activity, no hobby, no bubble bath that will give you the deep rest that you need! Like God looked at Creation and said “Very good!!”, totally satisfied, you will not rest until you learn to look at what you have accomplished and can say “It is good. All I need to do is finished."
But wait - this goes deeper than simply being satisfied by the projects finished, the chores done and the to-do items checked off your list.
Your ability to look at what has been accomplished and say “All I need to do is finished” comes from finding your identity in Christ’s deeds instead of your own deeds.
In Matthew 11:28, Jesus says:
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
More tomorrow (and the next day... and the next day... and the next day...)
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