Breathing Room 

Part 1

 

Breathing Room: It's the space between our current pace and our limits.

 

Where there is no Breathing room:

Stress levels go up.

Focus narrows.

Relationships suffer.

 

Why do we do this? We fear something.

Fear missing out.

Fear falling behind.

Fear of not mattering.

 

God built in Breathing Room into this society.

Sabbath.

Tithe

Law of Gleaning.

 

9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:9-10

 

19 “When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Deuteronomy 24:19

 

31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 6:31-33 

 

Where do you need some room?