One of our goals this summer during my sabbatical is not simply for me to take a sabbatical, but for our church as a whole to grow in their understanding of Sabbath. In this brief clip, John Piper shares practical wisdom about taking a Sabbath.
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The following is an edited transcript of the audio.
It’s easy to get the impression that you are always working hard. What do you do to relax and unwind?
I think unwind is a right way to say it, because souls and minds can screw down really tight. You can run on adrenaline for a long time and be at such a fever pitch that it becomes destructive. It’ll give you heart disease and so on.
So it’s a good question, and I think everybody needs to do it. I think that’s what the Sabbath principle is in the Bible. God forbade this agrarian people from working who thought that their livelihood depended on working seven days a week. What a thrilling thing to be told not to work, right? "You cannot work, you have to relax today." So I think the principle is there in the Sabbath principle.
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Piper is such a goof sometimes! Great content here sandwiched around his explanation of the great lunch deals at Old Country Buffet.
I do hope he is finding his time off to be a blessing.