“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.”
- Genesis 2:1-3
God never grows tired or weak (Is 40:28). And yet we see in this passage that God rests. God builds order out of the chaos of the world and builds boundaries and structure into our lives. God has no need for rest as the one who never slumbers or sleeps (Ps 121:4). But he builds order into the chaos of the world, and boundaries into the structure of our lives. The lines have indeed fallen in pleasant places for us (Ps 16) when we can rest in rather than strive for our dignity, value, and worth as image-bearers. It is in the unchanging character of God that we can find rest for our souls and for our bodies at night (Matt 11:29, Ps 4:8)
What does your constant labor, and constant striving reveal about yourself?
What does it reveal about what you believe about God?