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- Are
you tired?
What does the Word say about it?
Not much.
Don't you find it interesting
that in the whole Bible there is not much about being physically
tired?
In Paul's list of trials,
he names beatings, being stranded on the ocean, going without
food, being stoned and left for dead, and being misused by other
Christians - but he doesn't list being tired. In another passage,
he does list despairing of even life itself, but the Bible doesn't
give license to being tired.
When the body reaches its
limits, exhaustion is real. Refreshment is needed and the Lord
will provide. But soldiers in the army of the Lord are more focused
on the needs of others and you will not hear them comment often
on their own tiredness.
As a matter of fact, you
will find that they are not even very interested in their own
physical condition.
As my father was dying of
cancer of the liver, he was singing the hymns of the Lord, and
doing all he could with his last breath to minister to those
around him.
I have seen the peace, healing,
and satisfaction of not paying much attention to my own tiredness.
Stop saying it and thinking
about it.
This life is about stretching,
not about comfort.
The harvest around you is
overwhelming. Pipe down and get to work!
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