Fatigue and Rest
Key versesYour kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. (Psalm 145:13-14)
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When I’m running on empty, my husband helps fill my tank, and he checks me if I’m taking on too much. I do the same for him. Perhaps what a mate can do best is provide comfort, a place of welcome and solace when the discouragement piles up. One of us can send the other to bed early and say, “Get some sleep and don’t worry about a thing. I’m praying for you.”
I’m almost always too busy. But God sends people to help fill me up so I’m no longer simply running on fumes. Now I’m trying to learn to look for God’s provision in all things, to keep my sensors out to feel his hand brushing me, and that’s something we all can do – before we run out of gas.
The world tells us that busyness is good, that the most successful people are those who learn to live with little sleep and can accomplish fifty things in a day. But God says something else. Are we listening?
Author: Elizabeth Cody Newenhuyse
posted by Lighthouse @ 8:59 PM
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