That instruction is given to all of Jesus disciples throughout the ages. That instruction is given to us today. If we are going to be followers of Jesus we must take time to listen, we must take time to be, we must take time to rest and receive and be open to God s glory. But Sabbath and balance and rest has become foreign to us. Our culture has told us that doing something doing anything is better than doing nothing.
Activity equals success.
But this measure of success, author Wayne Muller reminds us, has become A violent enterprise. Muller emphasizes the violence of our busyness by using war language. We make war on our own bodies by pushing them beyond their limits. We make war on our children, because we cannot find enough time to spend with them. We make war on our communities because we are so busy accumulating possessions that we forget to be kind and generous.