Take a day off
Yesterday I did something that I had not done for a long time. This is a confession moment for me. I have not been taking a day off. I say that Monday's are my day off but each week it seemed that I found myself working on that day. There were things that I felt had to be done. There was ministry that I had to take care of. What was happening to me however, as I failed to take the proper time away and time off, was I was being drained of energy. I was beginning to take on the hurts and the pains of everyone that I was ministering with. I was getting drained day after day and I was not stopping to be still and know that God was God.
Someone told me that in the work of the Kingdom there are no days off. But, I realized that if I didn't take a day off I was not going to be any good for the Kingdom. I needed to unplug and reconnect to God and have Him do some Kingdom work in me. God was making this very clear to me and so I made sure that yesterday I took my day off. I turned off my phone. It seems that some days all I do is go from phone call to phone call. Many people complain that they cant reach me on my phone and it usually because I am on it. I avoided text messaging and email and opted for face to face communication. I took my wife to lunch and I did something around the house I wanted to do for my children. I rested in God's presence and that God was in control, not me.
Here is what happened my in box for my cell phone messages got full. I got 67 emails. Life still happened. Nothing fell apart. The world did not stop because I did. Somethings waited for today. Somethings where fixed without me. I did not stress or worry. I felt the Spirit renewing me and gently humbling me to my place in the universe as a creation of the creator.
I am going to try to be much more disciplined about my day off and my Sabbath (this is topic of another post but these are two different things). I have to be if I want to be any good for the work of the Kingdom. I can't get caught up thinking that the world cant do without me. The truth is they did before me and they will after me. I need to connect with God so that I can make the most of the time that I have to do the work of the Kingdom. If people need to reach you they will and they can.
Love today.
In Christ's love and mine,
Doug
Someone told me that in the work of the Kingdom there are no days off. But, I realized that if I didn't take a day off I was not going to be any good for the Kingdom. I needed to unplug and reconnect to God and have Him do some Kingdom work in me. God was making this very clear to me and so I made sure that yesterday I took my day off. I turned off my phone. It seems that some days all I do is go from phone call to phone call. Many people complain that they cant reach me on my phone and it usually because I am on it. I avoided text messaging and email and opted for face to face communication. I took my wife to lunch and I did something around the house I wanted to do for my children. I rested in God's presence and that God was in control, not me.
Here is what happened my in box for my cell phone messages got full. I got 67 emails. Life still happened. Nothing fell apart. The world did not stop because I did. Somethings waited for today. Somethings where fixed without me. I did not stress or worry. I felt the Spirit renewing me and gently humbling me to my place in the universe as a creation of the creator.
I am going to try to be much more disciplined about my day off and my Sabbath (this is topic of another post but these are two different things). I have to be if I want to be any good for the work of the Kingdom. I can't get caught up thinking that the world cant do without me. The truth is they did before me and they will after me. I need to connect with God so that I can make the most of the time that I have to do the work of the Kingdom. If people need to reach you they will and they can.
Love today.
In Christ's love and mine,
Doug
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