Lord, I Feel Weary
Author: Pat Aman – 6/5/2019
You ever have those times you just get sick and tired? Well, I think that has been me the last few days.
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Just juke happening. Our oldest daughter having surgery. Now she is having reactions from surgery. Our dog Cali having surgery and then hearing she may not have very much longer with us. Then hearing of two dear friends having cancer.
I had a strong moment conversation with Father God. I did remind Him of the following Bible Verse in His word.
“Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted.”
Isaiah 43:26
Now, I know He was talking about pleading with unfaithful Israel. But as we all do, I thought I would let God know I needed to plead my case.
I thought I needed to remind God of my faithfulness.
And that was ridiculous, because God already knows all about me. He knows my hearts desires. He knows my faithfulness.
But, I just like you, are human.
“Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted.”
Isaiah 43:26 NKJV
But, anyway, I finally decided I was just weary. Weary and tired from the work I have been doing. Weary and discouraged from trying to pray for family and friends and their needs when I can’t do anything else to help them. Forgetting that God is their source, not me. I am just a vessel of prayer and love for them. And I need to remind them that yes, I can be there for them, but God is their healer, restorer, and their comforter.
Weary and disgusted from the sin of this world. Just weary. I am very familiar with the scriptures that tell us not to be weary.
Galatians 7:9, “And let us not be weary in well doing;…”
II Thessalonians 3:13, “But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.”
I just needed to take some time and a few days and study the scriptures to find help for my weary soul.
Maybe you are weary, too. Maybe you and I both need to open God’s Word and look to find strength and encouragement in God’s Word.
God tells us that, “We Shall Reap, If We Faint Not.”
(Galatians 6:7-9) “7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” (Galatians 6:7-9)
We find a lot about sowing and reaping in the Bible. And we can be sure that we will reap what we sow. But reaping is not usually immediate so many don’t even consider this concept.
Paul encourages us to sow to the Spirit.
Not all of the seeds fall on good ground and lead to salvation, but we are to keep on sowing, just the same. We are not accountable for how the seed is accepted or neglected, but we are responsible for sowing the seed and giving out the Word of God. When we don’t see the results of our labor, we may grow weary, and feel that our labor is in vain. But don’t be discouraged.
God’s Word promises that, “in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” (I Corinthians 15:58)
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