Getting
Right to the Point!
Don’t Take A
Vacation From The Lord!
Weekends
and vacations as we know them today were a long time in coming. True, already
in A.D. 321 Roman Emperor Constantine decreed Sunday as a day off of work for
rest and worship. But it wasn't until 1926 that Henry Ford was the first to set
up a five-day, forty-hour workweek, and in 1938 this was established in the
federal Labor Standards Act. In 1910 President Taft pressed for two to three
month paid vacations for all Americans every year, but this was rejected by
Congress. Today most nations of the western world have anywhere from seven to twelve
weeks of paid vacation per year for all workers!
Jesus
often told His disciples, "Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and
rest a while." (Mark 6:31) And truly it is good to take a break from work
and rest from our labors. The problem is we very often also take a break from
meeting our spiritual needs. Sunday has become just another day off to far too
many, with no time for the Lord. And there is no reason why daily prayers,
reading the Bible, and meditating on God's grace in our lives has to stop, even
though we may be at the beach, in the mountains, or at a resort.
You
can be sure God never goes on vacation, or takes a break from His work of
getting us to heaven. He wants to give us an eternal vacation. And that's the
point!
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