Rest Day!

Genesis 2: 2-3

“By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”

This being the seventh day of the week, has officially been declared rest day! God was one person that never forgot to rest. As he created his work, he had been busy all throughout the first six days of the week but he set aside a day to rest, to get his engine started again for the next week.

As this week is coming to a close, God wants us to be reminded that amidst the busy factor in our lives that we need to find rest in Him. Finding rest in Him would mean the literal rest where our agenda gets placed aside and where we simply get physical rest. It also means relying on God for strength and getting rest in His presence. I don’t know about all of you, but I find great rest and peace when I am in God’s house and when I sense His presence with me. A time where I can simply place everything under his feet and rest in His arms.

Have we been too busy or tight this week that we have forgotten to rest at the Lord’s feet? Have we become like Martha who was busy tending to many things that she forgot to rest in the Lord? Let us be like Mary today, to simply wait upon the Lord, enjoying his company and finding rest. As I was deciding on today’s entry, I felt prompted that there were many out there who were simply exhausted by many things and have forgotten to slow down and wait on God.

As I was giving tuition today, I was given a great opportunity to wait on the Lord and simply enjoy his company and presence. My tuition kid’s mum told me that my tuition kid had not finished his work and asked that I just time him and give him a paper to do. As she said that, she handed me newspapers to keep me occupied as I simply just invigilated and ensured he was not day dreaming and do his paper. Instead of turning to the newspapers, I took out a bible and decided on reading from the beginning of the bible. Genesis being a book that I thought I knew inside out suddenly became refreshingly interesting to me. If there was one word to describe how I was when I read the bible, it would be “addiction”. I was addicted to the bible and could not stop. I was enjoying soaking in God’s word. After tuition, I found myself, soaking in spending time with God by singing. I couldn’t help but sing “How great is our God, sing with me how great is our God” I felt in love with God again. Most importantly, though I initially had tons of things on my mind, I suddenly felt rested in His presence. Today, will you rest in Him? Let’s declare a rest day for the Lord=)