Feeling “burned out”?

07/08/2020

Psalm 63
Feeling "burned out?"

The book of Psalms addresses all the feelings one could experience, challenges we might face and also offers guidance for serving the Lord. Let’s spend some time and discuss these over the next few days or weeks, depending on how the Lord leads us.

“When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.” (vers 6)

Are you one of the countless many who have hit “rock-bottom” as a result of the events that have taken place over the last couple of months? Are you emotionally, spiritually and physically drained to the point of breaking down?

Do you lie awake at night, worried about how you will manage your finances and pay back your loans, etc? What will you do in a “dry and weary land where there is no water?” Who will you turn to? You are not alone. Join me in earnestly seeking the Lord, because “my soul thirsts for Him and my flesh yearns for Him.“

He is the only One who can give us true peace and rest for our weary souls, for His yoke is easy and His burden is light (Matt 11 v 28 – 30). Next time you lie awake, desperately seeking answers for your “financial burdens”, consider the above. No where does He promise a life without troubles, but He will grant you the grace to work through your challenges when you put your hope and trust in Him.

I know what it feels like to be completely “burned-out” to the point where you cannot get out of bed in the morning. You go to bed tired and wake up feeling exhausted as if all life has been sucked out of you. It seems the harder you try the more difficult it becomes to make it through a single day. You seek help from medical experts and they cannot find anything wrong after spending thousands on tests for every possible condition.

Then it strikes you! You are so busy trying to manage your (financial) affairs while pleasing others that you get left behind in the race, while they just seem to move on with their lives. At that moment of realization, you can either decide to let go and drown or grab onto the life line the Lord has provided.

I can look back and see where the Lord has provided an outcome and where He gave me the strength to persevere. May the Lord rejuvenate your soul and renew your spirit today. Turn to Him and rejoice in Him and you will be triumphant over your adversaries.

Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, Life Application Study Bible, unless stated otherwise. Copyright by “The Lockman Foundation“