redeeming your time 6

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00:00In the mid-1800s, Americans fled to the West in droves in search of gold and a better life.

00:08But according to the Emigrant's Guide to California published in 1849, it was the gold rushers

00:14who rested most, specifically by observing the Sabbath, that reached their destination

00:19the quickest.

00:21As the Guide shares, those who laid by on the Sabbath, resting themselves and their

00:25teams, reached gold country twenty days sooner than those who traveled seven days a week.

00:32The gold rushers' example illustrates a fascinating paradox.

00:36Oftentimes rest is the most productive thing we can do.

00:40And not just Sabbath rest.

00:42As the scientific community now understands, bi-hourly breaks throughout the workday and

00:47an eight-hour sleep opportunity every night are essential to doing our most exceptional

00:52work.

00:54Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus embodying these three rhythms of productive rest.

01:00He offered restorative breaks to His disciples as they worked, He fought for sleep, and He

01:05reaffirmed the goodness of Sabbath.

01:08Of course, because He is our Creator, Jesus knew what centuries of scientific exploration

01:13have now empirically proven, that these rhythms of rest are productive as we strive towards

01:19our goals.

01:21But Jesus also undoubtedly knew something science may never be able to prove, that rest

01:26is also productive for our souls.

01:29Taking breaks throughout your workday reminds you that God doesn't need you to finish your

01:33to-do list.

01:35Getting a full night's sleep reminds you that God is the only being who either slumbers

01:39nor sleeps, and thus doesn't need you or me to keep the world spinning.

01:44Sabbath reminds you that, in the words of N.T. Wright,

01:48All time belongs to God and stands under the renewing Lordship of Jesus Christ.

01:53These truths bring us to the sixth principle we need for redeeming our time.

01:58Principle 6.

01:59Embrace Productive Rest.

02:02To redeem our time in the model of our Redeemer, we must embrace the God-designed rhythms of

02:06rest which are counterintuitively productive for our goals and our souls.

02:12How practically do we incorporate these bi-hourly, nightly, and weekly rhythms of rest into our

02:17modern lives?

02:19I recorded a short video showing you how I practice one of them, Sabbath, with my young

02:24family.