Rest
By Jason Glaze
It really doesn’t matter if you read the creation story and take everything literally, or believe the story was written in poetic form, we all must admit that things were done in somewhat of an order. Having said that, I believe there is much to learn as we ponder on the order in which God created everything.
God created man on the sixth day which means that man’s first full day on earth was the seventh which we all know is a day of rest. So man’s first full day on earth was a day of rest.
When we think of resting we usually think of resting from something. This is how we live our lives. We work all day, run ourselves crazy from here to there, then catch ourselves saying something like, “I need a rest from all this business.“ For most people rest seems to be an after thought that hits them upside the head after exhaustion has kicked their butt.
What if we have it backwards? Is it possible that rest needs to come first so we can live our lives from a position of rest? Or should wear ourselves out until we collapse into a position of rest? How different would our lives be if we lived our lives in the order of creation?
Peace,
Jason
wow! that was great! thanks for sharing your heart!