Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
I often get caught up in the idea that my worth, my value is in what I do, not who I am. If you were struggling with that idea, I’d tell you it’s bananas. Your life is of worth. Period. Full stop. But for some reason, I feel like my own value is connected to my productivity and output.
Genesis 2:2a By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing…
But when my worth becomes only my output, I become a cog in the machine, easily replaceable, easily replaced. But my life, my spirit, my being cannot be duplicated. It is unique and irreplaceable. It is valuable just because it is. And so it is with you.
Genesis 2:2b …so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
Lord, It is so easy to get caught up in the hamster wheel of life, cranking out work, nose to the grindstone. And while what we do is valuable and important, it isn’t who we are. We are Your deeply loved children. Our spirits need rest. Our souls need tending. Help me never to forget that I am a human BEING, uniquely created by You, and I need to nurture my spirit, to rest, renew, and reconnect with You daily. Amen.
Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Have a blessed day.