The Art of Rest Quotes

“The art of rest is about learning how to rest with Jesus, not from Jesus.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to hit pause in a world that never stops

“Rest is not a religious action item to be added to a list. It isn’t a duty to be performed; it’s a delight to be enjoyed.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to hit pause in a world that never stops

“And we express the glory of God as we experience relationship with God. We won’t declare him if we do not know him. But if we never have any time to enjoy being with him—if we’re never resting with him—then what have we to express to the world? “Come meet Jesus! I barely have time to be with him, but trust me, he’s great.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to hit pause in a world that never stops

“If anxiety is what unbelief feels like, then restful peace is the inheritance of those who trust Jesus.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to hit pause in a world that never stops

“Anxiety is what unbelief feels like.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“Idol worship is not just displeasing to God (terrible though that is); sooner or later, the false god consumes the worshiper, too.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“It is a great and glorious truth that we humans were made for the glory of God. To experience and express all the wonders of his manifold attributes is the delightful vocation of his people.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“Ultimately, rest is an act of resistance against the siren calls of our idols to work for them. By stopping, we take up arms against the great Western gods of achievement, money, and self-determination.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“But such deep fellowship with God and others can't be microwaved. It takes time. And when we carve out the time, we're rewarded with the relational fellowship for which we were made. We find ourselves loving to carve out the time to focus on our relationship, rather than having to do so. Duty gives way to delight.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“The problems of life are real, not imaginary. Eastern meditation starts with the presupposition that pain in this world is illusory, but the gospel tells us that we don't have to pretend that what hurts does not, or should not. Life does hurt. Yet the gospel doesn't leave us there. Rest with God grows our ability to say, "I know God, and I know he will deliver me." It enables us to face problems with both honesty and hope.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“We don't have to wait until the work is done to rest with God. Our personal sense of accomplishment isn't what we bring to God; it's what we're meant to get from him.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“Whatever it is that you're thinking about right now that gets you off the hook of taking Jesus' call to rest seriously, it is probably the thing you actually love and worship more than Jesus. We refuse to rest because, at some deep level, we're convinced that if we stop, the thing for which we're really living won't be fed, pleased, or procured. If you're happier at work than in Christ, rest will never feel good. If you're more of a mother to your children than you are a daughter of the King, stopping may feel like sin.”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops

“Our bodies get tired, so we sleep. If I refuse sleep on the basis that I need to train for a marathon, I will fail to run a marathon, because my body needs rest in order to train. So why would we think it should be all that different with our souls? When our souls are tired, why wouldn't we rest? Jesus seems to have made a habit of this. Are we a bit more spiritually fit than the Lord?”
― Adam Mabry, The Art of Rest: Faith to Hit Pause in a World that Never Stops