I am exhausted or burned out
Jesus knows tired. He slept in a boat, and he invites the weary to come to him. Rest is not laziness. It is trust.
What God's word says
28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
1A Psalm by David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
28Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. 29He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. 30Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; 31but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
31He said to them, “Come away into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (WEB), public domain.
A prayer you can pray
Lord, I am worn out. I give you the things I cannot carry. Teach me to rest, to say no where I need to, and to trust that you are God and I am not. Give me strength for the next step. Amen.
A next step
Choose one thing to stop or delegate this week, and protect one real hour of rest. Sleep is a spiritual discipline too.
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