This Labor Day 2025...
REST FROM OUR LABOR
1. God Punched the Clock (Genesis 2:2–3)
Six days of creation. Galaxies spun, oceans roared, mountains stood at attention. And then—God stopped. Not because He was out of breath. But because the job was done. Finished. Complete. He slammed the hammer down and said, “That’s enough.”
Labor Day reminds us: if the Almighty Himself paused, what makes you think you can run full-throttle without burning out? Rest isn’t weakness—it’s worship.
2. The Rest Your Soul is Dying For (Hebrews 4:9–10)
You can lay down on a soft bed and still never find rest. You can quit your job and still be chained to anxiety. Why? Because rest isn’t a vacation. It’s a Person. Hebrews says when you step into Christ, you drop the load you’ve been hauling. You stop trying to impress God. You quit running the rat race of religion. You collapse into the arms of grace.
That’s the rest you need. That’s the rest no holiday can buy.
3. When Heaven Clocks You Out (Revelation 14:13)
One day your shift will end. The bell will ring. Your heart will stop punching out a beat. And what then? Revelation thunders: “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord… they rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
You don’t take your paycheck with you. You don’t drag your trophies into eternity. But your works trail behind like footprints in wet cement—proof you walked this earth with God.
4. What This Means Today
Work like there’s no tomorrow. Rest like you trust the God who holds tomorrow. And when the final Labor Day comes—the day you breathe your last—you’ll collapse into the greatest rest you’ve ever known.
Final Nail in the Coffin
Labor Day isn’t just about grilling burgers or taking a break from the grind. It’s a whisper of something bigger: that one day, when the dust settles and the tools drop from your hand, you’ll rest. Not in a hammock. Not in a grave. But in the arms of Jesus. And your works—the ones you did in His name—will follow you all the way into eternity.