I’ve had some serious sleep avoidance because of a silly prescription that I just finished. It has already been an especially busy week and I almost fell asleep on a friends couch mid-visit by 3 PM. At night I’m lying there for hours and my mind is doing the same thing your mind does on those awkward occasions. It is non-stop and I can’t keep up. White noise is that which we are accustomed to. If I could hear just the thoughts of people near me – I can’t imagine the confusion. Nothing surprises God or catches Him off guard so I doubt He misses anything. What about the voices and thoughts of 7.888+ billion people? So – if my thoughts are making me crazy at hyper speed then how does God rest? We are never without needs and quiet – NEVER. Yes – He is over time so I suppose if He needs a break He just relaxes – however that looks?
I know some of the mentions of rest from God’s word. He brings it up early in Genesis. God does not explain to us how He rests, why He rests, or much detail except for the following intro to rest in Gen 1:31 – 2:3, “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.” Good insight – God works. He works then He rests. We are made in the image of God and we work and we rest. I’m looking at a concordance and will, quickly, mention some additional thoughts. God gives you rest. Land can have rest. Rest in the Lord and wait. Return to your rest, oh my soul. Find rest for your souls. I will give you rest (Jesus), and I had no rest for my spirit. I remember a section in Hebrews 3:11. This passage is on being faithful.
I don’t know much about this special God-rest except that my sleeplessness made me too tired to be reasonable. It was awful and deep. When we get that exhausted, we should take it easy. Taking care of ourselves helps God take care of the REST.
