today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

The best way you can apply the Sabbath principle is taking one day off a week that you focus

on rest, renewal, and relationships.

Again, that is one day to be rather than to do.

One day to focus on God, to focus on relationships, and just enjoy his creation.

Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer. I'm your host, Molly Vidovich.

Yesterday on Summit Life, we began a new short teaching series here on the program titled rest and distraction. Anyone in need of some

rest? Anyone feeling distracted? You know, Jesus promised that for all who came to him, he would give

them rest. But in today's society where overworking is the new norm, most of us simply hear

Jesus's invitation as wishful thinking. So is it a nice sentiment from the

Bible? Or can we truly experience this rest that Jesus promises? I know I'm looking for that

answer and you probably are too. Now if you missed yesterday's program, be sure to catch up right

away at jd.gere.com. But right now let's rejoin Pastor J.D. Greer in Hebrews chapter 4.

Hey, Christ, there's nothing I can do that makes you love me more, nothing I have done that makes you love me less.

Going out and succeeding at my job and getting all the praise of people, that's not going to make you love me one bit more.

And if I fail today, it's not going to make you love me one bit more. And if I fail today, it's not going to make you love me one bit less. And that leads me to phrase too, you are all

I need for everlasting joy. God, if I've got your approval, if you're looking at me saying,

that's my son. Well done. If I'm walking in accordance to you, who cares? What a bunch of no

account earthlings think about me. It means that I got something better.

I've got an identity that I don't have to work for anymore because it was gifted to me in Christ.

You see, the reason this is so personal and important to me is for such a long time.

I found my identity in how good and successful my work was.

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