This week I asked my students who had been on vacation so far this summer. All but two hands went up. Perhaps it would have been wiser to ask who had not been on vacation. It is summertime and what better time for families to escape the pressures and complexities of life to somewhere else. Or as my wife and I discussed when looking for this years vacation, anywhere else.
After that quick and unofficial poll, I started to think about God’s benevolence. “Even though we need time away from our jobs and our lives, God never needs a vacation. God is good and kind and giving and protecting us all the time. We never have to worry about Him going on vacation from His job. He never tires of looking after His people. He never needs time away to recharge. He never has to put on His itinerary “nothing” so that He doesn’t go nuts on his co-workers. He doesn’t have to remove all His other distractions from life to spend time with His children.
God cares for us in good times and bad. Psalm 23:4 says, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” God cares for us when we are vacation and when we are at work. Psalm 18:4, “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
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