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32…RESTING

Good morning! Do you ever feel guilty about taking a nap? For years, I did. But that guilt stopped one day when I read 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” God gave us our bodies so we could use them to do the work He has laid out before us. He knows our physical limitations because He created us. If we need to rest in order to keep going, then a nap it is!

Just as sleep is important to our physical body, spiritually resting in the Lord is just as, if not more, important than physically resting. When we rest in the Lord, we are closing our minds off to everything else but Him. Although this time might seem unproductive, I promise you that the benefits of it far exceed anything else that we would do in the course of the day.

It’s during this time that the Lord speaks to us and prepares us for what we’ll experience throughout our day. It’s time for us to just soak up all He wants to share with us. Sometimes He’ll lead us to a particular Scripture that we need to read. Other times He will speak softly to us. Connecting this way with our Heavenly Father makes it easier to hear from the Holy Spirit. God wants us to be strong in mind, body, and soul. So, the next time you are feeling drained and need a nap, take it without any guilt, but also remember that God wants us to take time to sit quietly in His presence, too.

Heavenly Father, thank You for removing the guilt we often feel when we need to slow down and rest. This world encourages us to go, go, go but our bodies just can’t take that pace. Help us see that resting in Your presence every day is crucial to our well-being. Amen.