O
THE
vercoming
Time Out!
SERIES
‘AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD ENDED HIS WORK...AND HE
RESTED’ GENESIS 2:2.
Are you having trouble keeping up the pace? Is the strain showing up in your family,
your health and your attitude? Do you feel guilty and unproductive when you try to
relax? If so, here are a few things you need to consider today:
1) Take time out when you need it. Refuse to be intimidated by the opinions of
Give me the strength
others. People have a tendency to think they know what’s best for you. They don’t;
Lord to take time
only you know when you need a break!
off without feeling
2) If your loved ones have to choose between having less or having you; they’ll
guilty and without
always choose you. The trouble is we don’t give them a choice. Look out. Your
agreeing to fi ll that lifestyle is your child’s blueprint. If you neglect them now, don’t be upset when they
space to the point neglect you later because they’re climbing the same ladder.
where I feel more
3) Don’t use work as a narcotic. Workaholism, like any other addiction, only masks
drained than when I
the real problem. There’s emptiness inside you that only God can fi ll. And He will, if
began. Help me Lord
you let Him!
use that time to rest,
4) Effort without reward eventually destroys motivation. Whether it’s you, your
refl ect and connect
children or your employees, everybody needs time to recharge their batteries. If you
with You. Even in
work hard, play hard. The truth is rest time is the best time to assess your life, your
dreams, your heartaches and your faith. The power of rest is what allows you to
my work time Lord,
enjoy the journey and not just the destination.
help me wake in the
mornings, so that
the peace that I gain Become an Early Riser
there, would have
‘O GOD, THOU ART MY GOD; EARLY WILL I SEEK THEE’
dominion over the
PSALM 63:1.
tough parts of the
day. Amen. How’s your schedule these days? Do you crawl out of bed, shower, dress, gulp down
your coffee and dash out the door? Have you just enough time to make breakfast,
‘I came across pack the kids’ lunches and get them off to school? At the end of the day, are you
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Isaiah writes, ‘My soul yearns for you at night; in the morning my spirit longs for
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at the life of Christ: ‘Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up...
and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed’ (Mark 1:35 NIV).
If you want to enjoy that kind of communion, you’ll have to exercise that kind of
control. That means you’ll have to turn off the TV, get to bed earlier and rise earlier.
But if you do, it’ll be one of the most rewarding changes you’ll ever make. Here are
three things that will happen:
1) You’ll experience a greater sense of peace because now you’re no longer relying
solely on your own resources. 2) Because you’ve opened yourself to God at the
beginning of the day, you’ll sense His guidance through it. 3) As you communicate
with Him, you’ll be instructed, empowered, refreshed and more successful at
whatever you do!
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