In the new year and the new me, I am told when I work out it is best to work hard one day, then rest the next. The muscles need time to rebuild.

Spiritually this is just as true. Our lives are always in full tilt and it is hard to find time to stop. We need rest. The sabbath rest was built into Israel’s life because it was needed. Animals, land, and people… all needed rest.

If we do not find time for proper rest, our body will find that rest for us. It will break down causing us sickness in some way and we are forced into this rest.

Don’t wait for that time. Choose to renew through rest.