Why Your Body Needs Rest (More Than You Think)

[00:00:00]According to the center for disease control and prevention, the physical body requires rest. And when we speak about rest, this has to do with sleep as well as downtime. [music] How is sleep helpful? Sleep helps [music] in the repair of various parts of our body. Sleep enables proper um hormonal function. Sleep also [music] supports our im immunity and uh uh needless to say our metabolism as well.

[00:00:34][music] When we neglect sleep and when we neglect rest, what happens is we end up overworking our system and [music] become susceptible to avoidable chronic conditions and also mental [music] decline. So we need to prioritize rest.

[00:01:02]Some symptoms that the body throws up for us to notice when we are lacking rest [music] is uh a sense of chronic fatigue, pain in our uh body, in our muscles, [music] uh insomnia, irritability uh and uh similar similar other symptoms. [music] And mentally one could also be struggling with low performance [music] and clarity. Now when we look at God's design, God instituted [music] the Sabbath. In Genesis chapter 2 and verse three, we read that uh then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it [music] because in it he rested from all his work. Very interesting. Did uh did God need rest? And the [music] answer is no. Then why did he rest on the seventh day? He was giving us a pattern. A pattern of depending on him as Jehovah Gyra. a [music] pattern of honoring him and worshiping him through uh [music] practicing Sabbath and uh for us to recognize that we [music] are not just human doings but we are human beings and our identity starts from who we are and then of course you know there are things that we do and this is the reason why [music] God rested. So what God has done is that he has put rest as part of our design and a sustainable rhythm. So [music] it's not a it's not unwise for us to rest. It's not laziness for us to rest [music] but uh resting is essential.

[00:02:48]So what are some practical [music] things that we can do to incorporate rest into our uh everyday lives? The [music] first one is to schedule threedimensional rest. And this has to do with our spirit, [music] our soul as well as our body. And one can look at their [music] calendar and chalk in blocks of rest on a daily basis, weekly basis, monthly or even annually. [music] And this will really help recuperate better and uh come up come [music] back stronger uh to the tasks that we we love to do. Secondly, to overcome performance [music] pressure. Instead of giving in to uh pressure and working hard, we can be motivated >> [music] >> uh by the the the right um foundation [music] and uh that is to honor God.

[00:03:43]That is to fulfill God's plan for our lives and uh not to prove uh ourselves to someone [music] or uh be motivated by greed or uh any fleshly desire. And so having our motivation right and not yielding into performance pressure [music] really helps. And finally exercise our right to say no to be self-aware set boundaries and take up only what [music] we can do and a lot some time for rest and even as we do these things uh this will ensure sustainability and longevity. Remember God has designed a rest for us for our good and uh we must learn to rest.