#5: The Practice of NOT DOING SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE (Enough)

Productivity is a worthwhile venture and a quality applauded in Scripture. Yet, if we’re not careful, our drive can send us straight off the cliff, noise-diving into the valley of exhaustion and burnout. Our hurried lives rush from one thing to the next. We push the red line out of a sense of stubborn pride and twisted purpose. The demand on our time and the pull of our lives makes us feel important. Yet, getting caught up in the rush is disastrous to our souls. We often attach our worth and identity to our contribution and productivity. If choosing the practice of not doing something productive makes us uneasy, it reveals that an undercurrent exists that connecting our worth with our work. Engaging in this practice reminds us there is only one God, and we are not Him. The weight of the world isn’t on our shoulders. It resides in the One who holds the entire world in the palm of His hands. We’re valuable because of who we are, not what we do. We were made by God and for God. In the space created by the absence of our pressure to prove our worth, we’re reminded that we are enough and that He is enough.