March 15, 2025 8:00 pm
Running coach Jeff Galloway, a former Olympian, teaches a marathon training protocol that has a counterintuitive component to it. New and experienced marathoners are often surprised to learn that he advocates a “run/walk” strategy: alternating running for a set number of minutes with short periods of walking. The premise behind his approach is that the brief interludes of walking enable the body to recuperate briefly, equipping runners to finish their races faster than if they had run all 26.2 miles straight through.
The importance of intervals of rest isn’t limited to running. Rest helps us sustain the lengthy effort life requires. It’s something God addresses throughout the Bible, starting in the book of Exodus. In the Old Testament, the rhythms of rest were modeled after God’s work at the time of creation: to labor for six days and then keep “the seventh day [as] a sabbath to the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:10) because God “made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day” (v. 11).
As believers in Jesus, there’s no definitive prescription for how often we’re to rest (Romans 14:5–6; Colossians 2:16–17). Rest—whenever and however we enjoy it—is meant to be restorative. Choosing to rest is also an expression of trust in God who’s faithful to supply our needs; we needn’t (and can’t) run forever.
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In six days, the Lord made the heavens and the earth, but He rested on the seventh day. Exodus 20, verse 11. Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.
Intervals of Rest was written in red by Kirsten Holmberg. Exodus chapter 20, verses 8 through 11. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day.
Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Intervals of Rest. Running coach Jeff Galloway, a former Olympian, a former Olympian, teaches a marathon training protocol that has a counterintuitive component to it. New and experienced marathoners are often surprised to learn that he advocates a run-walk strategy, alternating running for a set number of minutes with short periods of walking.
The premise behind his approach is that the brief interludes of walking enable the body to recuperate briefly, equipping runners to finish their races faster than if they had run all 26.2 miles straight through. The importance of intervals of rest isn't limited to running. Rest helps us sustain the lengthy effort life requires.
It's something God addresses throughout the Bible, starting in the book of Exodus. In the Old Testament, the rhythms of rest were modeled after God's work at the time of creation, to labor for six days and then keep the seventh day as a Sabbath to the Lord your God, because God made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but He rested on the seventh day. As believers in Jesus, there's no definitive prescription for how often we are to rest. Rest, whenever and however we enjoy it, is meant to be restorative. Choosing to rest is also an expression of trust in God, who is faithful to supply our needs.
We needn't and can't run forever. Let's pray. Father, thank you for giving us opportunities to rest and to trust you through that rest. Help us to always believe that you will be faithful to supply our needs. We pray it in your name. Amen. you
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