#Hustle | Be More Productive by Doing Less

#Hustle is EVERYWHERE. But what if I told you that the “Hustle” is actually slowing us down? That it is counterproductive to living a full life? Putting all your heart into what God’s given you to do is a good thing! Our culture, however, has taken this idea of “putting your heart and soul into it” and turned it into, “and if your soul is not completely worn out, and if you’re not living on the brink of exhaustion, you aren’t giving it your all!” In this process we’ve become a performance-based, no-rest culture. We’ve all heard the old saying that a little hard work never hurt anyone, but it turns out doing too much on the other hand is actually hazardous to our health! God designed us to need rest. We learn quickly, in Genesis, that rest is important to God. So important that even He rested on the 7th day of creation. Rest is reinforced again when God gives Moses the ten commandments. God makes rest a requirement for his people and calls it Sabbath—a predictable day each week to slow down and NOT work. Studies have shown that taking a regular sabbath results in less stress, better physical health, mental clarity, and more productivity! So actually, to give our best, we need to flip our thinking – part of living a full, healthy life in God’s kingdom is actually about receiving a gift God has given us – the rest that we were designed to need. Even though life is still demanding, we can step away from the chaos and participate in Sabbath by giving ourselves predictable time away from work to do what recharges us. Make it happen! Rest is the remedy! Colossians 3:23 (ESV): Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men. Mark 12:30 (ESV): And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ Mark 2:27 (ESV): And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.