Out of fuel…

There are times I get so very tired.. like many of you no doubt! The busyness of life can be draining. Sometimes I feel like I’m running from one job to another job. Yes I have a full time job, but I also care for a parent, and am involved in many activities for the church and on top of that, I have a three debilitating chronic conditions.

It has occurred to me more than once that with with my illnesses and all my responsibilities, I shouldn’t be capable of doing the things I do.

It’s also occurred to me that the times I get ‘tired and drained’ are the times I lose my discipline with prayer. I know that might sound fanciful to people, but it’s completely true. On the days I don’t hit that snooze button and instead spend some quality time in prayer, being strengthened and fortified by God, I achieve things that shouldn’t be possible for me, in fact they aren’t possible for me, and it’s not just a day, it’s every day that I spend that time with Him.

I’ve come to realise it’s the days or prolonged periods that I neglect that important part of the day that I start to become tired, overwhelmed and foggy minded.

It’s not the prayer or the words themselves, they aren’t some magic formula but, it’s The Lord Himself.

Much like the action of filling up with petrol doesn’t power the car, the petrol does, but unless you actually stop to fill up then you will soon be running on empty. That’s the power of prayer … stopping to fill our tanks with whatever God wants to give us!

Come to me all you who are weary and I will give you rest!