Tired? Rest In Me

TIRED? REST IN ME

I AM TIRED, I AM EVEN TIRED OF GETTING TIRED, HELP LORD I AM TIRED, how many of you can say that you are tired, I mean really tired?

I want you all to think of a time in your life when you were completely exhausted, that moment when your tank was empty, depleted and had nothing left to give. Recall the feelings, the emotions.

That is physical tiredness, or have you ever had those times where at the end of the day, it seems that your brain shuts down, and you don’t remember things?

That is mental tiredness, or have you ever felt so drained to the point where you feel numb, like hearing of a close death or a funeral?

That is emotional tiredness, are you tired?

Do you feel like you need some more strength?

As humans we know that we are made up of three parts, body, mind and soul, Deut 6:5 says that we shall love the Lord God with all we have, however, if we are tired, would it not become a spiritual tiredness?

So, I have some good news for you, just because you are tired, it does not mean that you are weak!!!

One bible verse comes to my mind at this moment; Matthew 11:28-30

Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light."

No matter how tired you feel, maybe you are stuck in a vicious circle, the way forward is not clear, and you are ready to give up, just keep pressing forward and choose hope, it will always be there when you put your trust in Him.

Think about what you are waiting for, are you tired of waiting for something or is it the actual wait, you will have to remember that in the waiting, God is there, His purpose for your life is there, and God will always lead you somewhere. Ok so now, you are thinking, great, thanks Pastor, I know my road is with God however in the meantime where will my energy, hope and maybe some rest come from?

Can we agree that everything belongs to God, every sleeping moment, every waking moment, so, why rest?

Rest helps us recover from our labour, it is a way to recharge

Rest shows our dependence on God, you are not God

Rest encourages us to enjoy God, if not rested, we are restless

Rest helps build relationships with others, worship, fellowship

TIRED? LEAN ON GOD, HE RESTED

HOWEVER, THE TIREDNESS I WANT TO LOOK AT, IS ONE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT SPEAK ABOUT:

I mean when we are tired physically it affects us in all areas, you might be tired of being single, being married, tired of paying bills, tired of stressing at month end, but what about being tired emotionally, mentally, and on top of that, there is another tiredness, another weariness…

Let us look at the bible passage: John 4:4-6

John 4:4 But He needed to pass through Samaria. Therefore He came to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near the piece of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Therefore Jesus, having become tired from the journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

How are you really, inside?

Samaria was a despised town, one to be avoided, many fights between the Jews and the Samaritans, and there was such hatred amongst them, so much that people walked the long way around to avoid it. Yet Jesus walked through it, as it was the path of His purpose, He was tired, and He stopped to sit at a well.

His disciples went to get food, while He sat. Now, this does not make sense to us, He is God, yet we forget he was but man, doing the will of His Father, we forget that in his humanity, Jesus got tired. Sometimes we just have to send people away, to give us space, is that not what we do?

While sitting at the well, he engaged with a Samaritan woman, an enemy of a Jew and asked her for water, which by the way she gave him.

Sometimes the reason why we are tired is that we are trying to work around what God is trying to bring us straight into, you are walking the long way around and God wants to bring you through it, how much longer are you going to carry on doing it?

So the important thing is here, is what well are you sitting by? Whom are you avoiding? What are you avoiding?