I'm Giving You All She's Got, Captain!

There are seasons when I feel like Mr. Scott from Star Trek. Yesterday I found myself telling my captain, God, that I didn't think I could give Him warp speed.

I was thinking about the sermon from Sunday and also of my own teaching on Sunday, they were both about time. Pastor Mark had some great stuff to say about time management and how it is really life management. And I was talking to Elementary kids about the importance of giving God time in their lives.

Then I started to think about rest and sabbath. I have traditionally held to the belief that the sabbath and God's rest was more like the cessation of activity. So most of the time I think of using this time to sit around doing nothing, watching TV, playing with the kids, sleeping in, taking naps, or just not doing what I view as "work". That's when a thought hit me.

"What if the sabbath or God's rest was less about the cessation of activity/work and more about preparation?"

I don't know if this is true or not, BUT yesterday I spent time cleaning the house, doing dishes, making dinner, all so that today I could have all my energy free for creativity. What if God's plan for our rest is for us to prepare for the seasons where he's going to be asking us for warp speed. What if the sabbath is for us to take the time to put to rest our unresolved energies so that we can focus all our energy in attaining and maintaining warp speed.

Today I say to God, "Warp Drive at the ready Captain!"