According to 1Co 3:16 you are the temple of God with the Spirit of God dwelling within you.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
People busy themselves with many things. Work, worry, fearful thoughts, keeping up with the Jones (so to speak). You can add to the list from your own experiences.
People are always talking about how busy they are and how much they have to do. It is like a shrine in their lives called, "The Shrine of Busy" ... the place they find worth and value. And in all their business they tear down their bodies. They become mentally exhausted and emotionally unstable. Their peace, happiness and joy flees and carries with it physical vitality, mental focus and soon attacks finances and every area of well being.
I have found that life has a Rhythm that keeps a person in balance when they live their lives awake to, and aware of the Spirit. Stop for a minute and think about today ... How much of what you did was ordered by the Spirit within? Did you even take time this morning to pray/meditate on the Word and listen to the Holy Spirit within?
Matthew 11:28-31
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
The Holy Spirit will help us and keep our lives in a healthy, safe and productive balance if we allow. There is a rest that aides in walking in all the promises of God. A rest that the children after leaving Egypt did not enter.
When people weary and wear themselves out from worry, overwork, extreme study or what ever else that is excessive they soon murmur and complain, and they find themselves on the outside of the promises of God.
There is a time to work and labor with our hands. Work (Service) is part of a healthy life. However, if we are excessively busy and do not get the required sleep needed, we fall into the category of vanities.
Psalms 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
When people do not get the required sleep their immune systems break down, and they also are irritable. Relationships suffer, as do the jobs that have previously been placed high on your scale of priority.
It is vital that you take care of yourself. The Word of God tells us to love others as we love ourselves. How do you love and care for you? Do you overwork your body? If you do you probably expect others to do the same.
Do you fail to nourish your body in varies ways, such as good hygiene, nice dress, quality foods and a balanced diet, exercise and quiet time? What about a hobby (times of fun), times where you laugh and relax. And how often do you feed and hydrate your the spirit within with Spiritual food and refreshing worship? Has Work, Work, Work ... Busy, Busy, Busy ... kept you from these things?
People who do not do these things usual begrudge those who do. They become very critical and judgmental of others and their more balanced lifestyles that prosper and flourish.
There are two great deception in the earth concerning Work.
- One is that we are a do nothing people and if we are Christians we no longer work, we now live by faith (which I say as those who err). The truth is those who live by faith live balanced lives of which servitude is involved.
- The other great deception is that we work and work and work to make a living, to be famous, and to be valuable.
