“Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived.’”
Job 3:3 (ESV)
Lord Jesus, it is amazing what comes to our minds when we are “tired.” I’m not talking about being sleepy and in need of rest. Then a good night’s sleep remedies what burdens us. I’m talking about the tired that comes when you feel like just giving up, when you ask yourself is it all worth it. It is that tired where you sit down, add up the score, and conclude that you are behind and wonder if you can ever catch up. Lord, I often feel that kind of tired, wondering whether it is all worth it; wondering if I am really making a difference; wondering if anyone would really notice if we’re not here.
I pray this morning for a revitalized spirit. I pray for me and those whom I know who feel like they are at the end of the line, really beat down by the world, relationships, responsibilities that feel overwhelming, or just by life itself. We feel like we are in over our heads, like in a pool of water, our arms flailing about helplessly trying to gasp for air only to be taking in buckets full of water.
Lord, clinging to You is where we must go, grabbing hold of Your nail scarred hands, allowing You to pull us up out of this place of hopelessness into the light of Your glory. When it feels like everything around us is collapsing around us, You are our hope and our Savior; You are the One who can deliver us.
I pray today for Your peace. Though I do not know why I am going through some of the things that I am going through, I know that it is for a greater purpose for my life and the Kingdom. I know that You have a reason why these hardships come. I only must trust You. I pray for spiritual eyes that see You in the midst, and a heart of faith that holds fast to what I know to be true concerning You and how You are working out all things for my good. When it is the darkest, send glimmers of light my way and encourage my soul. But most of all, please don’t let me feel unloved. Continue to drill it into my head that I am loved by You. And through it all I will praise You. Amen.