Most of us spend our time scheduled from early in the morning, till late at night, seven days a week. If some of us could figure out a way to work like crazy for eight days a week, we still wouldn't be satisfied. And it's because we're trying to be responsible. Unless we're on the ragged edge, we feel unfulfilled. Time is not a resource for us.
Time is our enemy.
It's a kind of a spiritual disease, a metaphysical malady. Burnout has replaced martyrdom for many modern Christians. One of our Scripture readings this morning addresses that. It says, On the seventh day God finished the work which God had done. God rested on the seventh day from all the work which God had done.