tired
Do you ever feel like you are waiting f.o.r.e.v.e.r. to see good come out of something you are facing?
A few weeks ago Galations 6:9 was brought up at church…
“Let us not lose heart in doing good,
for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.“
My first thought was, “But what if I AM weary?”
This verse makes is sound like I have a choice (“Let us not lose heart…) but I certainly don’t always feel like I do. If I’m honest, often I tend to let my circumstances be an excuse for my weariness…
I’m sure you can relate…
When you feel like you keep giving… and giving… and you don’t see any return or fruit from your efforts.
Or you keep serving… or loving those that are hard to love…
Maybe it is simply having a good attitude in the midst of terribly trying circumstances… an illness, financial distress… or a broken relationship.
Sometimes I do lose heart… and sometimes I do grow weary.
What then?
After dwelling on this for a bit (and being a bit discouraged at the time), my mind wandered to Isaiah.
It is in Isaiah 40:29-31 that I found my answer!
“He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.
Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.”
That line, smack in the middle…
“Yet those who wait for the Lord… will gain new strength… AND NOT BECOME WEARY!”
What do we do when we are overwhelmed and worn out…?
When it feels like we have been waiting forever to see the good…?
We come to the Lord.
That little word “wait” does not mean standing in line waiting for your turn to come. The word “wait” is to put “hope in”… to abide…
We come to our Jesus, reading our Bibles and dwelling in His presence in prayer. We sit at His feet to gain the strength needed to continue doing good. We simply cannot do this in our own humanness.
Don’t lose heart, friend.
Our Creator knows this and invites us to set our hearts on Him to gain new strength.
