When we are tired or worn out, most of us know what it means, “to rest a while.” Most of us would define this “rest” as a period where we would take a break from our labors in order to relax and regain our strength. We would use it as a time to refrain from all strenuous or stressful activities so that we could refresh or rejuvenate ourselves.
“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made” (Genesis 2:2).
Following his six days of creation, God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because he rested from all the work of creating he had done. When we think of God resting, we should not confuse this “rest” with being worn out where he could not do, make, or create one more thing.
