Let Him Help!
Are there times you feel like you just can’t hold on any longer? Times when you just aren’t sure you can cope with one more thing? Times when you are just tired of everything? Times you just want to cry – just because? Those are the times God is moving in you to draw you closer! Yes! Believe it!
The enemy wants you to give up! Don’t satisfy him. Put your faith to work. Yield to your Creator. Trust Him in the midst of it. Don’t give in to your flesh, as much as you want to.
Today’s world is running so fast and furious that in our trying to keep up we just push ourselves to the brink of exhaustion. Much of it at the expectations we, ourselves, us, expect more than is reasonable of ourselves.
Recently, I was in to see my oncologist. As I shared with her my situation – my fatigue, my frustration, how I felt, she asked me why I could not allow myself to rest more. To that I replied – “Because I work for the cleanest woman in town! Her reply was “I thought you worked for yourself.” To which I replied “Yes! I do, that’s the problem!”
We, for some reason, can’t seem to give ourselves permission to slow down, to rest even a little. The world is moving at such a fast pace that we feel guilty if we take time to enjoy any free time. Why? Why can’t we just be? Do you even know how? Let me rephrase that – do you know how without the guilt? Why is that? Selah.
Take a few moments (or more) to meditate on this. Who is pushing you? Is it you? Is it your circumstances? Is it another person? Is it just habit? What causes you to feel that you aren’t doing enough, or you are less than who you should be, if you slow down and don’t meet the demands you – yes, you – put on yourself?
Even God rested! As did Jesus. I admit, it isn’t easy. We don’t know how, in some cases. We feel guilty, in some cases. We don’t want to, in some cases. Selah.
Let’s look at what Scripture says about it!
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
“In God alone my soul finds rest, for deliverance comes from God alone who is my rock, my salvation, my fortress: I will never be shaken.”
Sometimes it’s a matter of the enemy – satan- trying to torment us – he wants to rob us of our peace, cause confusion, steal our time, lead us into ungodly things, etc.
when you find yourself in this situation, pause for a moment and invite Jesus in to settle your Spirit. Let Him in. Trust Him and most importantly, take your thoughts captive, as Scripture tells us. Don’t let your thoughts go off the rails! Scriptures tells us to take them captive! (Captive means “taken prisoner”)
The Holy Spirit is our Helper – let Him help you!
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