Welcome to “Wednesday Words,” a weekly quote or insight I hope will encourage you in the midst of this chaotic world and provide you with a thought or illustration for preaching or teaching this week. Today’s quote is from Clay Scroggins:
“But here’s the secret of the Sabbath: rest can be found, not at the end of a to-do list, but in the midst of everything you do. True rest isn’t waiting for you just beyond the next deadline–it’s not something on the distant and ever-elusive horizon. Rest is right where you are. If you can acknowledge that there is something bigger than you, then resting in what you do is possible. Followers of God recognize they are small and inconsequential in his grand scheme. And this knowledge frees them up to rest–and to work diligently and faithfully, of course–while believing God is still accomplishing his plan and his will.”
Clay Scroggins, How to Lead in a World of Distraction (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019), 179.