An actual vacation

I’ve been having a different kind of summer festival this year. A wonderful week of water sports on Loch Tay. We may have used up the entire allocation of Scottish summer sun and this is a pic of me “wind"-surfing in almost dead calm waters!

It may not have been packed with talks and worship and seminars, but it was also a time of rest and refreshing that was needed deep in my soul. Holidays can sometimes be work-i-days unless we truly unplug. I know my fellow directors who have spoken at the festivals are now off for their down time. But have you taken yours?

Have you had a full week “off” - by which I mean definitely no checking of work email, ideally no checking of social media and no pseudo-holiday where you are technically off but actually prepping the sermon for the Sunday after you return.

Have you had some time "in" - by which I mean in His Presence, in His Word, in His arms? There seems so much to do, but as John Piper says, "God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in Him." How satisfied are you?

I am slowly realising I am not indispensable. The world continues to revolve without me. Jesus is doing fine with His Spirits help. Do you know this? Do you enact this with real rest?