Suppose it is right to put hobbies into the category of Sabbath activities. In that case, here are three potential guidelines to keep them glorifying and honoring to God. Again, these should not be taken as law but guidelines and helpful questions to ask ourselves.
There is a temptation to make your hobby a money-making activity or a side-hustle. Once we’ve done that, it is no longer a hobby. It is a second job. This is fine to do, but it no longer fits in the category of hobby or of Sabbath rest and instead becomes a self-sustaining or wealth-generating work. Aside from any concern for glorifying God, we run the risk of taking something we once loved doing and turning it into toil. What was once restful and refreshing can become exhausting.
There is another temptation that comes with our hobbies and that is when they grow out of proportion. As an illustration, it may be fine for someone to play video games during their downtime, but when we start to see play that becomes compulsive and interferes with work and with relationships, it is no longer healthy. So, our hobbies should have their place. If we find that our minds are preoccupied, they start to encroach on our work, they start to isolate us from important relationships, or begin to drain our finances, they are likely no longer honoring and glorifying to God.
There are certain questions we can ask to help determine whether our hobbies are good for us and for others, such as: Does this activity tend toward virtue or vice? Is it making me and the people around me healthier and happier? Does it energize me or drain me? Does it breathe life into my relationships, or does it suck the life out of them?