Are you Exhausted?

Are you exhausted? Just literally worn out?

Do you spend so much time doing things for others, that you have no time for yourself?

If you become tired and worn out from taking care of others, your body has no reserves to fight off illness.  If you continue, eventually your body will begin to shut down, and you will be forced to rest and rejuvenate.

What about spiritual exhaustion?  Are you so busy running around doing God's work that you have no time for your relationship with God?

When do you rejuvenate yourself spiritually?

If you allow yourself to become exhausted spiritually, and you have no reserves to draw on, the enemy will come in like a flood, and shut you down.

Yes, Peter was given the commandment, "feed my sheep", and yes, we must pick up the banner, and go forth, but you can only feed others when you are well fed yourself.

My prayer today is that we will begin to understand that we must rejuvenate ourselves spiritually.  We must develop our personal relationship with God daily.  Only then are we able to pour ourselves out to others.

*Thoughts taken from my daily devotional: My Utmost for His Highest