September 3 - Pentecost

Genesis 2:1-3 - Does God really need rest? At the end of the creation account God rests from all His work and sets aside the 7th day as a day of rest and worship for His creation. With each day God saw that His creation was good and the day of rest is no different in this respect. It is also good for us as God's creation to worship and rest. It is too easy for us to forget this. Our culture with its need to get ahead strips us of rest. At the same time we are too often encouraged to see rest only as the result of that "getting ahead", as acquiring things or taking the best vacations. That type of rest is often just a continuation of the work. God's rest is truly restful. It is completion. It is good. Do we really need rest? Absolutely. And this is Jesus' invitation to us. All who are weary come and find your rest. See the completion of God's work in Jesus as the firstborn of the new creation. Our life begins with rest in and worship of Him.