Lord, I’m so tired and yet, I’ve slept last night. I’ve prayed, read the Bible and showered like every other day before but why do I feel I need something more? I am standing on a flat surface with my feet solid on the ground, why then, do I feel I’m hanging from the edge of a very high cliff?
Then I heard God speak to me like never before.
Take time off. Go to the beach, do anything you want. I grant you the time to be still and chill. Relax. What is chasing you? Look behind you – see, nothing but an empty room. Go to town and wander around. Buy yourself a Cd, book or DVD.
Do you really think all I want you to do is labour and work, and then some more. I did not create industrial robots to perform automated, regulated and time stipulated tasks strictly according to a tight time schedule, which is running out anyway.
I created you to live. Of course, you have to earn a living somewhere but if your job has caused you to become a tensioned elastic type of cold engine running on fumes and worries, take a second look at yourself. Make a change.
How many friends have you made the past 12 months? More than 50 means you have lived a normal life. Less than 5 means you have become a chair or a table in a busy waiting room. Get up and walk out.
I gave you 6 days to work and 1 to rest, indicating a break is needed somewhere in your busy week. A day has 24 hours but I hide the sun for half a day so that you can get a rest every single day. Rest was meant for you to sleep, not watching TV or working all hours of the night.
I also set times apart for you to enjoy feasts lasting for days, sometimes weeks. Life was intended for you to enjoy!
Come My child, come and rest in Me.
Take time off and come sit on My knee.
Relax, let go with your head against My shoulder.
Don’t be ashamed, I know you’ve grown much older.
There inside your heart and cuddled in flesh.
I still find your spirit, still new and afresh.