Daily writing prompt

Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate.

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Rest is important. Without it we are overcome by weariness. However, physical rest isn’t enough to relieve the burden of mental, emotional, and spiritual fatigue. That requires a deeper kind of rest, an inner rest of the heart and soul. I propose an everyday holiday. (Who said holidays have to only be annual?) Let’s make every day the “Inner Rest Day” holiday.

It is interesting that the early Christians began to worship on the first day of the week instead of on the seventh. In the New Testament the Sabbath Day (which we call Saturday) was replaced with the first day (which we call Sunday). In the seventh day pattern work comes first. We work and then we get to rest.

In the first day pattern, rest comes first. We rest to realign our heart, our soul, our behavior, and our lifestyle with the risen Jesus (who rose from the dead on the first day of the week) so that He can work His resurrection power in and through us all week long. “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

Gathering with other Christ-followers to worship the risen Jesus and to experience and be led by His Spirit together, is supernatural rest and restoration. To minister to one another as directed by the Spirit stirs up the reality of “Christ in you, the hope of glory,” and empowers the people of God to shine the light of the risen Christ throughout the week by always keeping Jesus first!

When Christians gather and are encouraged to be led by the Spirit (to replace religious analysis with restful surrender and humble obedience to the risen Jesus) the rest, the fruit, and the gifts of the Spirit abound. Try it and see!

You can’t work (or medicate) yourself out of guilt. The way out is beyond the work of self-effort or denial. It involves humbly repenting and receiving forgiveness through Christ and continually surrendering to and resting in His presence, His mercy, and His will.

Paul put it this way in Romans 14:5 “One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.” The bottom line is to continually rest in and surrender to the risen Jesus and let Him live and work in and through you every day of the week.

Religious
Information
Without inner
Revelation,
Deeply heart-felt
Inspiration,
And spiritual
Transformation
Is powerless.