God wants us to follow a recurring pattern of intense work and then rest, intense work and then rest, and so forth. Whatever view one takes of the Sabbath, surely the six days of work and the one day of rest embedded in the creation remain relevant in some sense. Any routine of life that is unsustainable long-term cannot be of God. He calls us to work. But he also calls us to rest, in order to work most fruitfully. What sets us apart is this. We rest, in order to work; we do not work, in order to rest. We who believe the gospel are not living for the weekend, but for The End. In the meantime, we figure out rhythms of life that make fruitful labor sustainable.
Ray Ortlund

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THE ENDLESS CONFLICT

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and be- tween thy seed and her seed. It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." GENESIS…

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" If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! " MATTHEW vi. 23. THERE are many truths and teachings in these deep words…

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" Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." JOHN iii. 3. It is impossible, I think, for any one to read or hear these…

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" And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."…

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WORD AND DEED

" For he spake, and it was done." PSALM xxxiii. 9. WHEN David sang these words in his great Psalm, he was calling upon the earth to fear the Lord,…

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