Living in Idleness

The world moves at a million miles per an hour. It seems that things never end. Waking up, notifications ping, emails fly in and we need to actually put barriers up to avoid this new facts of life. The world and life has made us busybodies who spend much time not doing any work, 2 Thessalonians 3.11.

In the past few weeks I have spent a lot of energy moving away from this business but much like many addictions it is difficult. I find myself on YouTube while working, doing two things at once. Busy yes but also 50% idle. We know multi-tasking is a fallacy, some people are just really good at splitting their concentration 50-50. I am trying to use focus time to spend core work time efficiently, I have a physical task tracking thing that ends on a receipt spike. I also try more and more not to be idling in rest. What is it when I watch YouTube in bed? It is idleness, I could be sleeping, or be out of bed doing things.

I recognise there is a healthy amount of YouTube in my life and entertainment doesn't have to be idle, but if I am using YouTube to avoid boredom or quietness then in that case, it is being idle.

Today, this scripture points us still to the idleness in life, but how much it has became all encompassing in so many ways. May rest be fruitful, may work be fulfilling, and may we trust God to interfere with our lives, waking us up to new and better ways that we can live this side of the Kingdom.