The Importance of Rest: Discovering the Creator’s Rhythm

Spring

For many of us, this season feels like the true beginning of the year, and it makes perfect sense. Trees are budding, the grass is growing, and the birds and butterflies have returned. All of creation seems to be waking up. This is also the most common season for new life in the animal kingdom. Birds are nesting, and many North American mammals are giving birth during spring.

It’s not a coincidence. Spring is the most natural time for life to begin, especially after winter. Young people have a better chance of surviving and thriving when the environment is more hospitable. This is part of the rhythm of life our Creator, Yah, put into place.

Those of us who follow the biblical calendar recognize this divine pattern. This rhythm was established back in the Garden of Eden. It begins with the six-day workweek and ends in a day of rest: the Sabbath. Even the Creator of the universe paused to rest, and He invites us to join Him in that rhythm.

Sabbath

You could think of it this way: the Creator was the first to implement “cloud computing.” He designed the original cloud calendar. In our modern world, many of us use tools like Google Calendar to manage our lives. I use it on my desktop and phone to keep up with appointments and tasks. Without it, I’d forget what I’m supposed to do.

If you’re like me, life’s distractions can easily cause us to lose track. That’s why a cloud calendar helps, it gives us a system, a rhythm. Yah gave us something similar: His biblical calendar, which is always shared with all people. He set aside one day every week for us to meet with Him.

To:

• Focus on His Word
• Rest
• Enjoy family
• Embrace not working

This weekly appointment helps us center our lives around Him. It reminds us of what truly matters. In a world of distractions, He asks us to step away from the noise and tune in to His Sabbath rhythm.

One of the greatest blessings of this rhythm is proper rest. We live in a culture shaped by a “work harder” mindset, where rest is often viewed as laziness. But if the Creator Himself took a day off, why wouldn’t we?

The Sabbath is the first of the rhythms of life

Everything in creation follows a pattern. Even this computer’s quiet hum has a rhythm. Our breathing, heartbeat, and music all depend on rhythm and rest. Without pauses, music would be chaotic noise. Our minds and bodies need that space between the notes. That’s what makes beauty possible.

Even babies crave rhythm: the heartbeat, the gentle sway of a rocking chair, the hum of a vibrating seat. We are wired from birth to love patterns. Yah designed us to crave not just sound patterns, but also visual and spiritual ones.

His rhythm of life is everywhere. Trees grow in cycles, leafing out, thriving in summer, and resting in winter. They drop their leaves to conserve energy and focus on building strong roots. There’s profound wisdom in that. Scripture often compares people to trees, and it’s easy to see why.

The Sabbath is our time to drop the leaves and focus on the roots

Like a tree planted by the river, we’re meant to grow deep roots in the river of Yah’s Word. That’s how we become stronger, more fruitful, and more connected to His purpose.

“to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.”
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Isaiah‬ ‭61‬:‭3‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/isa.61.3.ESV

This Sabbath rhythm is part of a greater cycle, a divine system that includes weekly rest and the appointed times known as feasts. These spring feasts are part of Yah’s calendar, designed to bring us face to face with Him. They call us to set aside our agendas and align ourselves with His.

Following this rhythm isn’t always easy. The world doesn’t understand. Sometimes, even family doesn’t. People ask questions. They may think it’s strange. They misunderstand, just like we once did. They think it’s legalism, or only for the Jews. But once you understand the heart of it, it changes everything.

Many of us are following different calendars now, and that’s okay. I’m not here to argue. But most of us have just completed, or are wrapping up, the first half of the spring feast season: the Feast of Unleavened Bread. I hope you’ve taken this time to reflect and grow.

This feast gives us the chance to remove not just physical but also spiritual leaven false teachings, bad habits, and things that don’t align with Yah’s Word. It’s a time to reset and realign ourselves for the new year.

It’s interesting how the enemy has twisted this concept. Take New Year’s resolutions, for example. They’re a shadow of this biblical idea: clearing out the old and starting fresh. But Yah’s ways are always deeper, richer, and more lasting.

I pray you’ve found success in this season and that this message finds you in peace. As you pause, breathe, and reflect, may you be reminded of the intentional pauses our Creator placed in our path.

We need those pauses.

They create rhythm.

They are the rhythm of life.

I am so grateful to be walking this path, which connects me daily to the Creator and His creation and is more in sync with His Sabbath rhythm, His biblical calendar, and the beautiful pattern of the spring feasts.