Many ailments people suffer from today (sports injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, the common cold, job-related ulcers, stress-induced insomnia, strokes and so on) are caused in part by ignoring the divine mandate to rest. What is often the first thing a doctor tells a sick patient? “Get some rest.” God gave that prescription thousands of years ago. Humans know that rest is good, but we still need God to remind us to rest, to command us to rest and occasionally even to punish us when we don’t rest.
