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God’s Peace for When You Feel Inundated by Life’s
Demands
Breathe deeply, child. The Lord is fighting for you
.
Do you
know the way you should turn when you are feeling overwhelmed in life? Don’t
search yourself for a hidden reserve of strength. The answer is not in you;
it’s in the Lord. Cry to Him.
God can
lead you to a higher place — out of the suffocating circumstances that are
clamoring for your attention, your time, your energy, your heart. Not only can
He lead you there, but He will carry your burden for you. No longer do you need
to feel overloaded and overrun. Hand it over to God.
.
Tell Him how exhausted you feel. Tonight, turn to Him. Run into the
arms of your Father; He is full of mercy, love, and grace. You don’t need to stumble under the weight
of exhaustion anymore. You can emerge, energized by the goodness of God.
Christina
Vinson
“When I am overwhelmed, You alone know the way I should
turn.” - Psalm 142:3 (NLT).
You know your alarm is set to go off in
just a few hours, but you haven’t had any sleep. You feel too overwhelmed to
relax your shoulders and breathe deeply.
You may be facing a personal, heartbreaking
crisis right now — and don’t know how to deal with the pain.
You may feel that at the end of each day
you got nothing accomplished, even though you skipped lunch and didn’t sit down
until 10 p.m.
Whatever the circumstance, you’re now wrestling
late into the night with the heavy burden of feeling inundated by life’s
demands.
You’re carrying more than you’re able, but
you fear if you let go, everything will come toppling down.
Fellow traveler, listen to the words of the
psalmist in Psalm 142:3 (NLT). He said,
“When I am overwhelmed, You alone know the way I should
turn.”
Don’t search yourself for a hidden reserve
of strength.
Don’t think, If I just can give a little
bit more tomorrow, I’ll feel better.
No, dear friend. The answer is not in you;
it’s in the Lord.
Cry to Him — if you don’t have it all
figured out, it’s okay God doesn’t ask us to be spic and span when we fall
before His throne.
In Psalm 61:2 (NKJV), the psalmist said he
cries to the Lord when he is overwhelmed.
“From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my
heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”
God can lead you to a higher place — out of
the suffocating circumstances that are clamoring for your attention, your time,
your energy, your heart.
Hand it over to God. Tell Him how exhausted
you feel. He won’t be disappointed in you.
Tonight, turn to Him. Run into the arms of
your Father; He is full of mercy, love, and grace.
Breathe deeply, child. The Lord is fighting
for you.
You don’t need to stumble under the weight
of exhaustion anymore. You can emerge, energized by the goodness of God.
“Hear my prayer, Lord; let my cry for help come to You.
Do not hide Your face from me when I am in distress. Turn Your ear to me; when
I call, answer me quickly.” —
Psalm 102:1-2
“We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing
ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it. And so,
Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in You.” — Psalm 39:6-7 NLT
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than
all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him
be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever
and ever! Amen.”
—
Ephesians 3:20-21
Your
Turn
Just exhausted from the weight of it all?
The Message has a particularly beautiful
version of Matthew 11:29-30.
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come
to Me. Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take
a real rest. Walk with Me and work with Me — watch how I do it. Learn the
unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
Keep company with Me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
Walk with Jesus today, friends. He can
carry your burdens.
Come share your thoughts with us on our blog. We want to hear from you! ~ Devotionals Daily
Excerpted with permission from God’s Peace for When You Can’t Sleep by Christina Vinson,
Christina Vinson is a freelance writer and editor based in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the author of several books including God’s Peace When You Can’t Sleep and also regularly contributes to several websites and magazines, covering everything from country music to prison life. In addition to writing, Christina loves reading, baking, traveling with her husband, and drinking lots of coffee.
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