9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[a] just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. (Hebrews 4:9-11 NIV)

We tend to live our lives 24×7. I work in an industry that really observes no down time. Many businesses never shut down these days. Due to technology and changes in our society everything is available at any time.

However, we were meant to rest. We were meant to sleep a period of time at night to allow our bodies to regenerate and we were meant to take a Sabbath-rest once per week.

Not doing so has many mental, spiritual and physical repercussions. We need to enter a day of rest and reflection into our weeks and, at worst, allow only 24×6.