What happens with I lose steam?
There are no applauses.
Everyone is angry or disgruntled around me.
Money keeps running out.
Friends keep disappearing.
Church is dry.
My job is stressful.
Family is growing contenious.
I'm giving and giving and giving, but I'm running out of steam and motivation. I have very little to give, and it seems no one is content with what I have left.
Where are you, God?
Don't you care?
Don't you see me?
Don't you know how much I am trying?
“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’” Luke 17:7-10
Hard words, and yet this is what our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ stated about how we serve Him.
Our duty to serve and not to live in this place of demanding more from Him - to find contentness in all seasons.
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:11-13
But I am weary! Where is He? He seems distant.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30
Go to Him, and find rest for your soul. Sometimes He is the one beckoning us closer, and things run dry.
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