Constant activities... (reflection for July 24, 2006)

If you would recall the Gospel last Sunday, Jesus sent the 12 on a journey by pairs in preaching the word of God and casting out demons but in today's Gospel, Jesus asked the 12 to come back from their journey to rest.

Recalling Genesis, when Yahweh created the universe, He kept the 7th day for resting. It only shows that we must value resting. Some of us may find it hard to rest. We tend to work constantly without having any rest at all. By this, we lose our sense of connection between Him. God valued resting as a necessity in life. We cannot work without a rest, like a cellphone without being charged.

We are all tools being used by God for other people, and like a tool, if we do not rest, we would worn out easily and this may lead to the destruction of our own mortal being.

No one can work without having a rest first, so let us stop on whatever we are doing, relax ourselves and rest. Rest, and you shall see God.