“Be still and know that I Am God” becomes tangible and lived when I am at rest. It is a reminder that my constant activity is NOT what holds the world together, and a call to trust in the One who does.
While “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” was intended to convey passion and commitment to the Great Commission, it often resulted in illness, ill-will and eventual burnout.
“Too much to do” is a concept we’ve invented in language that doesn’t actually exist in reality. It exists in our words, therefore it exists in our perception of reality. But in reality, there is only ever what I’m doing and what I’m not doing.