For I will [fully] satisfy the weary soul, and I will replenish every languishing and sorrowful person. – Jeremiah 31:25, Amplified Bible (AMP)

Sometimes we get exhausted, and all of our energy is spent. The causes of such exhaustion are many, but the causes don’t really matter once the weariness is upon us. We are just worn out, and we want to shut down.

Sometimes a good night’s sleep is all we need to reboot, but other times the exhaustion runs much deeper than just being physically spent. When mental, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion are part of the mix, we need a salve that’s a whole lot more potent than physical rest, and that salve, of course, is God Himself.

When the pressures of life are upon me, I like to run to my “happy place,” which is in the presence of The Lord. While writing a devotion, reading God’s Word, or engaging in prayer, life’s trials melt away. The thick air of stress is pushed away by the glorious peace of God, and in such times The Lord fulfills His precious promise to bear our burdens for us, if we will but cast our cares upon Him.

The key to enabling Christ to replenish our weary souls is, of course, for us to take the time to fellowship with Him. In our rush to do this and to do that, we often place our fellowship time with God on the back burner, intending to “get to it” a little later, just not now. Before we know it, the day is gone, and the only thing we have to show for our day’s work is anxiety, doubt, and, of course, exhaustion.

If we want to head exhaustion off at the pass, we need to take the initiative to fight it off by spending both quantity and quality time with our Savior. Sometimes, we will have to choose not to do something that is needful in order to have the time to do that which is critical. Those choices are never easy, but when we can remember that we need Christ more than our necessary food and that God will provide all of our needs (not wants, but needs) if we will but seek His kingdom first, then saying “no” to something else so that we can say “yes” to time with God becomes less difficult. After spending time with God, we’ll find, miraculously, that everything that truly needs to get done will get done within the time allotted, and while engaging in our daily work, exhaustion will be replaced by the energy needed to make it through the day.

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