But digging potatoes was my form of recreation. He watched for another ten minutes and said I was planting my potatoes too deep and they wouldn't sprout. Happily that year they came out perfect. The reason given for the fourth commandment is that God has a rhythm to his work. He does not create by a perpetual assembly line.
Trees grow and then lie dormant.
There are seasons of spring and winter. In the first chapter of the Bible there is the rhythm of six days of work and rest, and also the daily rhythm of the evening and the morning. This is a helpful way to order our lives. For the executive, overnight mail and new problems have to be worked at during the day. The farmer finds that weeds have grown and fences need repair, so he shares with God in the work of creating his garden.