Rest, Relax, Rejoice

In the early part of World War II, when it seemed that England was about to be invaded, Winston Churchill rallied the people with these memorable words:

We shall fight them on the beaches … we shall fight them in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight them in the hills. When asked to comment on these words, one high school student said, “It sounds just like our family vacations.”

Some of us have come here today feeling a little sad, a little let down, because the first Sunday in September signals vacation’s end. But we needn’t feel guilty about that because there is much to be said in defense of rest and relaxation. In fact, when we take time out for rest and relaxation we are being very Biblical, very Godlike.

And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had done, and…