Call Timeout

Theme: Call Timeout

Verse: “Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.” (Mark 6:31)

Have you ever been part of a basketball game that is getting out of control? A couple of bad passes here, a few missed shots there, then the opponent knocks down some long range three balls, and the next thing you know in about 90 seconds of gametime a 1-2 point game has become a double-digit deficit.

If you watch basketball a lot, you know what is about to happen at that moment. The coach is going to call a timeout. Why? He/She needs to settle the team down, get them focused and hopefully right the ship.

This same principle can apply to our lives. There are many of us that try to fight God’s design by trying to pack 200 hours of action into each 168-hour week. Unfortunately, it does not take long after following this pattern that you will find yourself out of control and in need of the emergency timeout.

While it may seem counter-cultural in the 24/7 world in which we live, try this instead. Take regular rest on a weekly Sabbath. Studies show this pattern will improve performance so much it actually makes you more valuable to the team/work force than those who always are in the action.

The Sabbath was so important that it made #4 on God’s commandment list. If it is that important to God, it should be important to us.

Have a GREAT Week!

Adapted from True Competitor by Dan Britton and Jimmy Page