Vacation, all I ever wanted

As I write this, it's summertime, and summer is vacation season.  People take vacations for various reasons - they go back home to visit family and/or friends or attend a class reunion, they want to go on an adventure, they want to spend time and pursue activities with their immediate family, or they just want to rest from an exhausting job or life situation.  Whatever the reason, a vacation is a change of pace from our ordinary lives. 

There is, however, Someone who does not take a vacation, and that is God.  God does not take a vacation because He is much too busy watching over us and the whole universe.  Omnipresence is the theological term that describes the concept that God is everywhere at the same time. I'm glad that God doesn't take a vacation, aren't you? 

In fact, there is only one place in the Bible where it mentions that God even rested.  In Genesis 2:2, we read that God rested on the seventh day after He created the earth.  Creating the earth and everything in it was a mighty big job. God also does not sleep, as stated in Psalm 121:4.

God does not take vacations from us, so we should not take a vacation from Him when we are on our vacations.  We should still continue our daily Bible readings and our prayers.  We can even spend a little more time in prayer and Bible study since we don't have work getting in the way.  Perhaps we can even take a solo vacation to get away and spend time with the Lord without any distractions.  I hope to do that someday.

I hope a vacation is on your agenda this summer and that you have a relaxing time wherever you go and whatever you do.  Thanks for reading! See you next time!

Diane