You have to take a break for 14 days! - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2024

But you stand here awhile, that I may announce to you the word of God.

Hear, and your soul shall live.
1 Samuel 9:27; Isaiah 55:3

You have to take a break for 14 days!
This instruction by the doctor can be received very differently by patients. Some feel completely hollowed out by such a forced break. They cannot be without activity. Others may consider themselves indispensable and find it hard to bear the thought that professional life will go on without them for 14 days. Still others may find such a time a beneficial break that allows them to take a breath and regain their footing.

Our lives are sometimes like a flight that hurtles forwards with an uncertain future. It is therefore very beneficial, indeed absolutely necessary, to escape from the whirlwind of our times for a moment in order to reflect on our lives and our personal goals in peace.

It is even more important that we use this time to listen – not to listen to the numerous voices of this world, which often only deafen us and stifle any self-reflection, but to listen to God who is still speaking today. How necessary it is to pay attention to what He has to say to us! In the Bible, God addresses each one of us personally.

His message is characterised by love and by truth at the same time. While it must show us that we are lost and far from God, God also presents us with the remedy: Jesus Christ saves everyone who receives Him. Through His death, He has removed everything that separated us from God. He has “made peace through the blood of His cross” (Colossians 1:20). Rest can therefore be life-saving if we use it to seek connection with God.

Today’s reading: Deuteronomy 25:1-10 · Galatians 3:1-14