After a busy week of creating galaxies and worlds and all sorts of creatures, God took a day of rest. Which I imagine he very much enjoyed.

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating he had done.

One day a week to lay aside work. No email or meetings or projects or social media. When I follow through on such a day (less often than I should), I find myself refreshed and better able to engage the next week. The Lord’s genius never falls short.

So, if God rested, shouldn’t you and I as well?

Genesis 2 in Through the Bible in 2024

Photo by Sid Leigh