Never Rest

Third Way to Ruin Your Life: Never Rest (Genesis 2:1-3)

Central Truth

Application

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Genesis 2:1

1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. 

Genesis 2:2

² By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 

Genesis 2:3

³ Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

Central Truth: Both work and rest are part of God’s created order.

Exodus 20:8

⁸ “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 

Exodus 20:9

⁹ Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 

Exodus 20:10

¹⁰ but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. ¹¹ 

Exodus 20:11

11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Benefits of Intentional Rest 

1. Intentional Rest reminds us that God’s ways our better than ours.

2. Intentional Rest reminds us that we are loved just as we are.

Application – Two Words to Encourage You to Rest

1. RESIST – Resist the world’s pull to always be on the go

Mark 6:45

⁴⁵ Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away.

Mark 6:46

• After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray.

2. RESET – Reset your schedule to include rest