Genesis 2:1–3 (1)Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (2)And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. (3)So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.(ESV)
Rest wasn’t invented because man became weak after the fall. Rest was woven into creation while the world was still good. That means rest isn’t laziness. It isn’t failure. It isn’t wasted time. Rest is a holy reminder that the world keeps turning even when we stop moving. God didn’t rest because He was tired. He rested because the work was complete. If we never stop, we may not be proving diligence. We may be proving that we don’t trust God to hold what our hands can’t.
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