"My heart is focused, O God, my heart is focused:
I will sing and give you praise."
Psalm 57:7
The Lord knows my needs even without my having to ask for anything...
I will sing and give you praise."
Psalm 57:7
The Lord knows my needs even without my having to ask for anything...
He knows me better than I know myself. Such as knowing when I need times of rest and refreshing. Which I often find hard to do.
As a person who's been labelled as hyperactive since childhood, I am just as overly active today at the age of seventy-one. Which I personally think is not such a bad thing, provided I allow myself times for recuperation. But that's the problem. I often don't allow for it. I confess to being something of a "workaholic." And of course there's a price to pay. It's called "burnout."
Yeah, I'm guilty. I don't know when to slow down. Well, actually I do know, but I don't do it. For me, it has always been a battle. It's been an area of disobedience, and I confess to it.
Yet, the Lord has been patient with me. He's allowed me to go through periods of tiredness, weariness and exhaustion. He's put up with me, and in His love, God has protected me from serious harm. Specifically self-harm, that is, from overdoing it.
Yes, even though I've been a believer and follower of Messiah Jesus for well over thirty years, there are still areas in my life where I need lots of improvement. And it's humbling and liberating to admit this.
There are no perfect Christians. So there's no need to put extra stress on myself. Jesus accepts me as I am. He knows how much I love Him, and how I thirst after him. As the Scripture reveals, God has put His treasure in "earthen vessels."
In Father God's eyes, we are like fragile jars of clay that need to be handled with great care. Knowing how I am being kept by God's power and not by my own human efforts, sure takes the pressure off me in thinking that I have to perform to perfection. I don't.
Instead, I can rejoice in the Lord and be at peace. I can rest assured that God is pleased with me, and that He will never stop loving me. His grace is sufficient, and His strength reveals itself by my weakness. Amen!
D.B.
As a person who's been labelled as hyperactive since childhood, I am just as overly active today at the age of seventy-one. Which I personally think is not such a bad thing, provided I allow myself times for recuperation. But that's the problem. I often don't allow for it. I confess to being something of a "workaholic." And of course there's a price to pay. It's called "burnout."
Yeah, I'm guilty. I don't know when to slow down. Well, actually I do know, but I don't do it. For me, it has always been a battle. It's been an area of disobedience, and I confess to it.
Yet, the Lord has been patient with me. He's allowed me to go through periods of tiredness, weariness and exhaustion. He's put up with me, and in His love, God has protected me from serious harm. Specifically self-harm, that is, from overdoing it.
Yes, even though I've been a believer and follower of Messiah Jesus for well over thirty years, there are still areas in my life where I need lots of improvement. And it's humbling and liberating to admit this.
There are no perfect Christians. So there's no need to put extra stress on myself. Jesus accepts me as I am. He knows how much I love Him, and how I thirst after him. As the Scripture reveals, God has put His treasure in "earthen vessels."
In Father God's eyes, we are like fragile jars of clay that need to be handled with great care. Knowing how I am being kept by God's power and not by my own human efforts, sure takes the pressure off me in thinking that I have to perform to perfection. I don't.
Instead, I can rejoice in the Lord and be at peace. I can rest assured that God is pleased with me, and that He will never stop loving me. His grace is sufficient, and His strength reveals itself by my weakness. Amen!
D.B.
