THE QUESTION
“Does working at this church interfere with your communion with Christ?”
I sat in my chair stunned at my friend’s question. With nothing left to do but say what both of us were thinking, I replied, “Yes.”
But how could it? How could working in a church with an amazing staff, serving a wonderful community, all for God, interfere with my own relationship with my Father?
I didn’t have the answer. But I knew beyond the shadow of a doubt I was so wrapped up in doing, that I had forgotten how to simply be.
How to be a child to a Father.
How to be a vessel he can use.
How to be a wife to my husband.
How to be a light into a world.
Self-reliance quietly whispers to our souls, “You don’t need rest. You don’t need to refresh. You can do this on your own. God is helping you, right? You got it covered.”
We cannot be dependent on ourselves and dependent on God at the same time. When we consider the practice of rest unnecessary, we also will inevitably lose sight of the necessity of God.