Fatigue gives birth to unbelief!
Fatigue creates a jaded heart and causes us to lose enthusiasm. We are tired and can become disillusioned in many aspects of our lives. We learn just to live in the routine.
We become accustomed to activity in the place of a relationship with THE LORD. This doesn’t happen overnight, it is a gradual turning. However, we allow a distance to be formed in that tenderness, that intimacy with THE LORD. We get in the mode of doing rather than being. We become too busy. We become resistant to the very things that we are crying out for.
Let’s look closely at a well-known Psalm.
David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 23:
1 The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His Name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the House of the LORD Forever.
When the enemy is loud and harassing me, Jesus responds. HE prepares a place to feast in the presence of my enemies so I can be nourished from the meal that’s in front of me. GOD intentionally prepared a banquet so that the enemy could see.
When things look dark, turn your head to the Light! In HIM, there is no shadow.
James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:
17 Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of Lights, Who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change.
18 God was delighted to give us birth by the Truth of His infallible Word so that we would fulfill his chosen destiny for us and become the favorite ones out of all His creation!
Jesus spoke in John chapter 4:
34 To clarify, Jesus spoke up and said, “My food is to do the Will of Him Who sent me and bring it to completion.”
This is the table set before us… to do His Will and fulfill our destiny. There is something nourishing about being in the center of what GOD is saying and doing.
As I remove my focus on what’s working against me and I turn my focus to Who is working for me, I no longer see what is before as a dark moment. Instead, it will become a training and preparation encounter. It could be a health scare or a financial crisis, but we are meant to overcome the issue by focusing on Our Provider and Healer. Pretending that it is not there doesn’t help, but not letting it rule my heart does help.
Real faith doesn’t deny a problem’s existence; it just denies the problem a place of influence!