250/365: When You Are Too Tired to Care

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
~ Matthew 11:28

Is your schedule packed so tight that you have little time left for relaxing? Are you grinding it out at work, in relationships, or school... just to keep up?

God's desire isn't for you to walk around under a heavy load. He doesn't delight in a man who has no margin left over for himself or for others.

There's nothing wrong with hard labor or busy schedules, but if you neglect to spend time with God to refresh yourself or to serve the needs of others... you will burn out.

GO DEEPER: Exodus 20:8-11

Next Step: Take inventory of your time. Do you have enough margin to spend time with God? Enough space to take care of yourself? Enough room to serve someone else who really need your time and support?

Roxroy Bollers

on 09/08/2023 at 06:23 AM

I am in this position. I covit your prayers.

Compliantbark34

on 09/08/2023 at 05:09 AM

I’ve been attempting to train my schedule to include study I’m finding it easier than expected through prayer

Kevin Miller

on 09/07/2023 at 05:07 PM

I definitely have a problem with this. I feel pressure from the outside to accomplish or to do things. I get so wrapped up in doing moving from thing to things that I don’t take time to pray or even recognize God or anything outside of what I’m doing. I really need to slow down and refocus. I know I can’t do it in my own. I need the Holy spirit’s help.

Old Dude

on 09/07/2023 at 03:51 PM

"If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day." ~ E. M. Bounds

Ashley Jarvis

on 09/07/2023 at 02:48 PM

God designed this world one day at a time, each day a clean slate and an opportunity to start it off correctly. The GREATEST decision I made in my journey after surrendering my life to Jesus, was that I would start EVERY morning off doing it again. I get up before anyone in my home, and that time is reserved for God. No one gets any of me, until God has all of me. If I wanted to bake each day, but only some mornings turned the oven on before putting in my mixture, I know what I would be pulling out of the oven. If I only sometimes remembered the flour, same thing, right? Starting my day off without putting on my armor and grabbing my sword, KNOWING I’m walking out to battlefield of temptation and fear, is just as crazy to me. It’s risky, and I can’t afford to risk anything if I want to continue growing my relationship with Christ 🙏🏻

TNT

on 09/07/2023 at 02:08 PM

My father’s story sounds somewhat similar to Tommy’s story. He was all in for God and church . He spent countless hours working and serving the church until he got into a disagreement with a church leader. Then, we permanently left church and he became all about himself. I was 12 then and confused. I stopped living the Christian life. Luckily, Jesus was in my heart and guided me through some bad times. I’ve turned my life around but my sibling did not. He’s 52 and we’re still praying for him. Anyway, as we put God first in our lives, we need to remember our families are also the “others” we need to serve and mentor. I just listened to a great sermon on YouTube by Peter Reeves at Mt Hope Church of Lansing, Michigan called, “Family is Your Future.” If you get a chance, look it up. God bless.

Brandon Pembleton

on 09/07/2023 at 02:01 PM

I was talking about something similar to a friend that just got into weight training. I referenced the three legged stool of training saying one leg is the work one is nutrition and one is rest/recovery. All three legs have to function and have intention to them or the stool falls over. I think the spiritual stool is much the same. There’s the work we physically do in our jobs/careers that points towards God. Another is nutrition or in this case learning from others and study. Eating up Gods nutritious word. Then there’s rest/recover where we intentionally have down time. Times we intentionally set aside to be still and quiet. Same principle if all three aren’t working well together that stool tips over eventually. Also I have found if I am having trouble with quiet time or being to sit still it is a good indicator something in me is off and need to dig into whatever that might be before it creates a bigger disruption. So I set out time every morning and generally when I get home from work I just take a seat and let my mind drift for thirty minutes to observe where it’s thoughts are at before I jump into chores and home projects. A sort of meditation time. This is what God has taught me and I am grateful that He has shown me this! I love you God amen 🙏

Tman

on 09/07/2023 at 02:01 PM

We live in a different day and age where so much is expected from us…and we really have a tough time getting it all done Monday through Saturday. For me, sundays are often church in the mornings then try and finish stuff I couldn’t get to during the week.

Boyce Moses

on 09/07/2023 at 01:43 PM

Seems many times we work harder and harder to get more. In the end it’s just more stuff. As I’ve gotten older I wonder why do I need all this stuff. Your family probably won’t remember your stuff, but they will remember when you weren’t there. Set your priorities and God and Family. Love you Jesus! 🤍🧡💚💛

Tommy Williamson

on 09/07/2023 at 01:41 PM

Many times in my life I have found myself in just this type of situation. Ironically many times it was my work in the church that kept me the busiest. As a member of the staff for the local church, the district overseer and on the state staff I was seldom at my home church on the weekends. My duties on my regular job kept me very busy and I often worked 12-16 hour days, then would swing by the church to do work there. On the weekends if I was at the local church I was generally very busy teaching a class, ushering or one of many other jobs. Then there were the times that the district of state overseer would call on me to go cover a church who’s pastor was going to be absent that Sunday or go and investigate an issue at a specific church. With the craziest day culminating in my covering one church in the morning, a second church in the afternoon and a third church for evening services with about an hour between the home and the first church, another to the second church and an about her hour and a half to the third. Finally I just said enough and began to pull back so I could have some time for me to get fed by somebody else. We all need that time when we get fed by God’s word from somebody else than us. Don’t ever let yourself get so busy that God can’t feed you.

Barry LaForce

on 09/07/2023 at 01:24 PM

Good morning my brothers. Dear Micheal, I know where you are coming from, having been there myself for many years. I learnt the importance of spending time with the Word and prayer gave me the strength to do what needed to be done. I also need to take a day of Sabbath, how thou is something else! Stay strong my brothers and learn to rest. God Bless.

michael f vinning

on 09/07/2023 at 12:28 PM

I spend the first 1.5 hours of my day with God, edited my wife and kids wake up and the craziness starts! I talk to him throughout my day and prayer at night but often find myself with a headache from lack of sleep or falling asleep if I sit still long enough bc I usually always exhausted-but such is life with young kids and a wife who has a debilitating disease half the days…I have never honored the sabbath but would love to or to be able to!!

250/365: When You Are Too Tired to Care

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