feeling weary?.....

Have you ever felt weary? Have you ever tried to get motivated for Jesus but just couldn't? Ever want to be a flame but felt like a smoldering ember? I have. Is a Pastor supposed to feel like that? Is a Pastor supposed to admit that? I'm not sure. Probably not, but I'm not good at religious politics. But I do know what its like to want to quit, to want to give up. To be tired. And I'm not the only child of God who goes through this. My wife and I were recently comforted by some dear friends of ours. As we shared our struggles and prayed together they brought us back to a great scripture in Gods word: Isaiah 40:28-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. How do we find solace in time like these? One thing I have learned to do is go back to the beginning, back to the base, back to what it is all about. A relationship with Jesus Christ!. Our loving God who created us, gave us life, died for us, justified us, fills us with His Holy Spirit, watches over us, loves us with an everlasting love, showers us with grace and mercy every morning, is preparing a place for us in eternity right now and, renews our strength! We must get back to seeking God's face and His holy presence in our life "but they who wait for the Lord..." . It is so easy to get too busy for God, for prayer, worship, or the reading of the bible, but we must! We must return to our Father, our Spirits within us will not let us be content unless we are abiding in Christ Jesus Himself! We must not look at the world around us for comfort the world is passing away. We must not look at our circumstances they will only deceive us and discourage us. God alone will renew our strength! God alone will bring us the victory in every area of our lives. Remember everything around us is going to burn. Don't allow yourself to follow after the temporary. Seek an eternal relationship with Jesus Christ, its the only thing that we will take with us into eternity.