\u201cYou are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvest times.\u201d Exodus 34:21
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chick Fil A has 51 consecutive years of sales growth. The chicken chain is known for being closed on Sundays, yet last year they reported over 10 billion dollars in revenue. They rank 4th out of a 100 companies for their corporate reputation. It is on track to become the third largest restaurant chain by the end of the year. And it\u2019s only open 6 days a week. They are out ranking their competitors and they are open 52 less days a year. That, my friends, is evidence of their devotion to God. That is His blessing on their efforts. I\u2019m by no means saying they are perfect. Just like no church is perfect, neither is a company. I do believe we find blessings when we are obedient to God\u2019s word.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This particular commandment gets very little discussion. Taking Sunday\u2019s off seems ridiculous in today\u2019s culture. Yet it is one of the top 10. It\u2019s there for a reason. God knows we need rest. An article by Rhett Power titled, \u201cA Day of Rest: 12 Scientific Reasons it Works\u201d highlights a few of them. Rest reduces stress, reduces inflammation around your heart, helps you sleep better, strengthens your immune system and literally adds years to your life. It can even help you love your job! The subtitle of the article is: \u201cMost Major Religions Call for a Day of Rest…Science Agrees.\u201d As usual, the scientists of the world couldn\u2019t take God at face value. That\u2019s ok, His word can handle the scrutiny.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scientists aren\u2019t the only ones who have a hard time believing God\u2019s word, so do His followers. \u00a0Did you know there used to be such a thing as Blue Laws? It meant that stores couldn\u2019t be open on Sunday\u2019s, they were designed to keep Sunday\u2019s sacred. \u00a0In Virginia, where I live, they were in effect until 1988. When I first moved here in the early 90\u2019s some still abided by it. Not anymore, there are very few companies that observe Sunday\u2019s as a Holy day to be set apart. \u00a0If Chick Fil A is anything to gauge it by, they all should. And so should we. I understand some people aren\u2019t able to take Sunday\u2019s off, or any day at this stage in life. God willing, one day they will. Even if that\u2019s the case, try and find time to rest in some way. \u00a0It really will benefit you in more than 1 one way, but you\u2019ll never know until you try.
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cYou are to labor six days but you must rest on the seventh day; you must even rest during plowing and harvest times.\u201d Exodus 34:21 Chick Fil A has 51 consecutive years of sales growth. The chicken chain is known for being closed on Sundays, yet last year they reported over 10 billion dollars in… Continue reading TAKE THE DAY OFF<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}