The Rat Race to nowhere

"One of the clearest indicators of what we value is what we spend our time on."

Choosing to remember the Sabbath is choosing to trust The Lord our God. It is believing that He will be faithful to us when we choose to remember the rhythm he created for us. It is choosing to trust that His ways are higher than mine and that He created me for rest and celebration with Him. 

In the Fall of 2017 through the beginning of 2018 I entered the rat race running 100 MPH towards the finish line. Reflecting upon that time I was clearly losing sight of what the Lord had in store for me and was running down a self destructive path of idolizing my career over everything. I estimate I was dedicating 70-80 hours per week to something that the Lord would gracefully call me out of later on. If time is a clear indicator of what we value, I was clearly valuing something over Jesus. I praise God everyday for revealing to me the Rat Race to nowhere that I was participating in and calling me to Worship him through rest.

This sermon gave me clearer insight as to what remembering the Sabbath means - Freedom from bondage and pain and a significantly deeper intimacy with God found in celebrating His great Son.

I pray that I could remember that Sabbath, that my hardened heart would see others worth coming from Jesus Himself and not found in their work, and that this Celebration with the Lord would draw each of us into greater and deeper intimacy with God. Amen.