Overcoming Weariness

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I'd 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:49.520 like to start with something funny, and I heard about 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:53.760 these three sisters ages ninety six, ninety four, ninety two 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.520 that live together. One day, the ninety six year old 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.920 draws a bath, She puts one foot in and stops. 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.480 She hollers downstairs, I can't remember if I was getting 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.800 in or getting out. The ninety four year old said, 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.080 this second, I'll come up and help you. She gets 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:10.800 halfway up. 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:11.840 The stairs and stops. 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.440 She says I can't remember if I was going up 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.520 or coming down. The ninety two year old shook her 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:19.880 head and said, boy, I hope I never get that. 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.400 Forgetful. She knocked on wood for good luck. 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:25.280 Then she said, hang on, I'll come help both of 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.040 you as soon as I see who's at the door. 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:31.080 That's going to be none of us. In Jesus' name, 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:34.680 say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.320 I am what it says. I am. I have what 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.720 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.480 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.600 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:50.960 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.519 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:59.800 about overcoming weariness. As we go through life, one challenge 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:03.400 we all have to face is with weariness. It's easy 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:07.760 to get tired. Weary means to lose your sense of pleasure, 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:11.600 to not feel the enjoyment that you should. You can 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:16.320 be raising great children because you're weary, you're not enjoying them. 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.600 You can have the job of your dreams. You worked 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:22.320 hard to get it. But now weariness has set in. 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:27.560 And you're not passionate about it anymore. Sometimes, because the 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:31.639 battle is taken longer than we thought, we become weary. 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:35.560 Talk to a lady recently. She was in town at M. D. Anderson, 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.320 the cancer Hospital, hoping that this would be her last 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.640 round of treatment. She found out she has to take 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:46.360 it for six more months. She's very disappointed, she said, 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.680 I don't think I can deal with this anymore. When 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:54.680 the difficulty is lasting longer than expected. We're working hard 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.120 but not seeing increase. We're believing for the baby, but 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:02.720 year after year goes by, we're still not pregnant. Weariness 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:06.200 will come. If the enemy can't take you out all 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.640 at once, his next strategy is to try to wear 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:14.720 you down. Many people are suffering from battle fatigue. They've 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.719 been standing a long time, trying to break the addiction, 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.720 believing for the promotion, praying for that family member, but 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:23.560 hasn't happened yet. 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:25.320 They never dreamed. 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.440 They'd still be single, still be dealing with the illness, 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:30.400 still be trying to get the loan. 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.440 Now they're tired, Paul said. 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:38.960 Inglatians don't get weary in well doing. God knew weariness 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:40.840 would come, or he wouldn't. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.279 Tell us not to get weary. 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:46.120 He said, don't be weary in well. Doing that means 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:49.960 you're doing the right thing, but not seeing right results, 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:52.600 does it seem like it's making a difference. 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:54.520 Let me encourage you. 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:58.559 Your time is coming, your due season is on the way. 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:02.400 Don't let time talk out of it. Don't let discouragement 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:06.800 cause you to give up. Don't let negative thoughts convince 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.080 you to settle where you are. Your mind will give 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:13.800 you good excuses, things like I'm too tired to fight 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:17.080 this addiction, I'm too tired to believe for my marriage, 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:20.039 too tired to stretch to the next level, been doing 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:23.960 it so long. If you dwell on those thoughts, you 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:28.560 will allow weariness in. You'll become more tired, more weary, 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:34.000 more discouraged, more negative. Weariness cannot automatically come. You have 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.320 to open the door when thoughts tell you it's never 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:41.200 going to work out, it's been too long, Just say no, thanks. 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:43.800 I know my time is coming. I know God is 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.440 still on the throne. I am strong in the Lord. 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:50.599 I've been armed with strength for this battle. The Psalmist 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.200 tells us to take. 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:55.360 Hold of God's strength. This is what David did. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.640 He was doing the right thing, but the wrong thing 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:02.600 kept happening to him. Year after year. His family looked 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.720 down on him and treated him like he was second class. 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:10.960 He could have been sour, upset. Instead, he kept taking 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:14.560 care of his father's sheep, doing it with a good attitude, 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:18.960 being a person of excellence. How could he keep standing 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.880 strong all through the day. I can hear David under 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:27.239 his breath, reminding himself, don't get weary in well doing. 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:31.159 When he was being good to King Saul, playing the 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:34.360 heart for him, trying to make him feel better, saw 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:35.720 through a spear and. 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:36.800 Tried to kill David. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.560 David could have been frustrated, thought, God, what's the use 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:41.839 I'm doing the right thing. 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:43.760 This man tries to take my life. 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.680 Instead, he kept telling himself, David, don't get weary in 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:49.359 well doing. 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:51.680 He understood this principle. 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:56.160 When you give into weariness, you lose your strength when 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:57.200 you start thinking. 0:06:56.960 --> 0:06:57.679 It's not fair. 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:01.760 It's been so long I've going to work out. The 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:05.560 energy you need to move into your destiny is being 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:09.840 drained out. I'm not asking you to never feel weariness. 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:10.720 It will come. 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.440 I'm asking you to not allow it in. 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.120 When you're weary, you won't. 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:19.800 Have the passion, the determination, the courage to fight the 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:23.720 good fight of faith. Don't let battle fatigue keep you 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:27.840 from your victory. Don't let weariness stop your dream from 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:28.760 coming to pass. 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.120 You are closer than you think. 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:35.640 When it's the most difficult, you face the greatest temptation 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.800 to settle. That means the victory is near, the promotion, 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:43.560 the healing, the breakthrough is about to show up. See 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:47.080 the prophet Samuel had anointed David to be the next 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:51.160 king when he was a teenager. Thirteen years had gone by, 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.400 there was no sign of it happening. 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:55.720 One day, David and six. 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:59.520 Hundred of his men returned from a battle and found 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:00.880 their sins had. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.480 Been attacked and destroyed. 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.880 All their possessions were burned, their families were kidnapped. 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:08.760 It was the worst. 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:13.040 Defeat of David's life, his darkest hour. The scripture says 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:19.560 they wept until they could not weep anymore. David was depressed, discouraged. 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.880 I'm sure he was tempted to thank God, this is 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:26.480 the final straw. I've been doing the right thing for years. 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:27.760 I can't take it anymore. 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:29.280 I'm done. 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.800 He could have given up, and that would have been 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.600 the end of his story, he would have never taken 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:38.600 the throne. But when David was tired, when he felt 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:40.960 like throwing in the towel, he did. 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.440 Something that we all must do. 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.760 He dug his heels in and said, I've come too 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:51.240 far to stop now. The scripture says David encouraged himself 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:52.640 in the Lord, his God. 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:54.520 He made this decision. 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:58.120 I'm not allowing this weariness in. I'm going to stir 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:03.680 my faith back up. While the other men were weeping, discouraged, complaining, 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.040 I can hear David saying, I'm strong in the Lord, 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:11.400 I'm anointed, I'm well able. The forces that are for 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.199 me are greater than the forces that are against me. 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:18.360 You can talk yourself into defeat, or you can talk 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:22.240 yourself into victory. You can talk yourself into weakness, or 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:25.760 you can talk yourself into strength. When you speak to 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:31.120 yourself the right way, courage comes, determination comes, vision comes. 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:35.680 Every time you say this is too hard, strength is leaving. 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:40.960 I can't do this anymore. You're getting weaker. I'm so disappointed. 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:42.199 I can't believe this happen. 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:47.040 You're inviting discouragement when you say I am well able, 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:51.040 You're inviting strength. I can do all things through Christ. 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:57.080 You're inviting favor. You may feel tired, but don't verbalize it. 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:59.760 Don't give life to it by. 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:00.560 Speaking it out. 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:05.120 The scripture says, let the weak say I am strong? 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:08.320 Does it say let the weak talk about the weakness. 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:12.319 Let the sick talk about the sickness. Let the disappointed 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:13.840 talk about the bad break No. 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:14.680 Turn it around. 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:17.960 Yes, this is tough, but I am strong in the Lord. 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:21.559 I know God is fighting my battles. He always causes 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.000 me to try umph. That's what it means to take 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:29.160 hold of his strength. Isaiah put it this way. If 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:33.080 you'll wait on the Lord, God will renew your strength. 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.880 You will mount up with wings like eagles. You will 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:40.679 run and not be weary. You will walk and not faint. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:45.400 Now wait on the Lord. Does it mean to sit back, passive? 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:46.319 Idle? 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.640 Okay, God, I'm tired, I'm worn out. Do your thing, 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:54.160 renew my strength. That word weait in one translation, says 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:59.559 those who look for God's goodness, who expect his favor, who. 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:00.720 Long for his blessing. 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:05.000 Waiting is supposed to be active. Lord, Thank you that 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:08.360 you're turning this situation around. Thank you that you're bigger 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:12.360 than this cancer, stronger than these opponents. Lord, thank you 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:16.360 for bringing my dreams to pass. You want soar with 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:20.600 the eagles. If you're negative in your thinking, you want 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.880 ron and not be weary. If you're focused on your 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:28.440 problems and how impossible it is. What causes your strength 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:32.160 to be renewed is when you live with this expectancy. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:36.200 You have this hope that God is working in your life, 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:39.920 this knowing that he's in control, that he can open 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.560 doors that no man can shut, that he will get 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:43.600 you to where you're. 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:44.120 Supposed to be. 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.520 When you get your mind going in the right direction, 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.400 God will give you rest. You don't have to go 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:55.760 through life weary. Nothing that's happened to you has stopped 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:59.360 God's plan for your life. Like David, it may be 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.680 taken along long time, you may have had some setbacks, 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:03.640 but God. 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.040 Is still on the throne. He knows how to get 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:07.120 you to your destiny. 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.920 David not only stirred himself up, he got his men 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:12.800 stirred back up. 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:14.920 They went out and attacked the. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:20.439 Enemy and recovered everything that had been stolen. Three days later, 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:24.559 King Saul was killed in a battle, and David took 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:28.760 the throne that was some thirteen years after he had 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:32.280 been anointed to be the next king. My point is 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:37.439 David was closest to seeing the promise come to pass when. 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.160 He faced his greatest challenge. 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:43.400 When it seems like everything's coming against you, it's taking 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:44.120 a long time. 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.040 Now you have this new problem. The medical report wasn't good. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:51.160 Business went down, the situation at work intensified. 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:52.880 Stay encouraged. 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:56.360 That's a sign that the victory is near. Things are 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.080 about to turn around. The breakthrough is on the way. 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:04.359 Don't get weary. In well doing may not happen overnight. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.440 You have to do like David and be in it 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:11.480 for the long haul. Those thirteen years David waited for 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:15.680 the promise, he had to deal with battle fatigue. Don't 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:19.120 you know, Thoughts told him, David, it's never going to happen. 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:21.920 You wouldn't have these challenges if you were going to 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:22.720 take the throne. 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:27.680 Weariness came knocking at his door again and again. The 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.560 reason he saw the promise fulfilled was not because he 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:35.600 never felt weary, not because he was superhuman. He was 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:39.439 never tempted to be tired and discouraged. It was because 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.959 he didn't allow the weariness in When you've been in 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:45.439 a battle a long time. 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:48.120 You have to especially be on guard. 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:52.080 It's easy to get discouraged and think I'm tired of 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:56.079 standing strong, I'm tired of fighting this illness. I'm tired 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.440 of believing for my dreams. When you feel that weariness, 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:03.920 instead of giving in, learn to look up and say, God, 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:08.040 I'm asking you to renew my strength. When you do, 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:11.760 you'll feel strength coming to you. God will breathe new 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.880 life back into your spirit. You may be tired today, 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:19.320 you've been dealing with a challenge in your health, a 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:24.400 relationship in your finances for years. You used to believe 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.680 that you would overcome, but now you're worn down. You 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.320 don't think it's ever going to happen. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.160 Let me encourage you. What God promised. 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.520 He's still going to bring to pass. You may have 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:38.640 given up, but God has not given up. He has 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:42.760 your healing, your breakthrough, your promotion to right people. Now 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:47.440 do your pardon, get your passion back, start taking hold 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:51.760 of his strength. Don't allow that weariness in the enemy 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.360 wouldn't be fighting you so hard unless he knew you 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:58.760 were close to your victory. He couldn't take you out, 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:02.760 so he's trying to bar you out, get you weary, discourage, 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:04.160 don't fall into that trap. 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:05.320 All through the day. 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:08.840 Lord, thank you that you're renewing my strength. Thank you 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:11.040 that I will soar like the eagles. Thank you that 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.280 I am strong in the Lord. That battle may be 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:18.440 taken a long time, but I believe right now strength 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:21.920 is coming into you. Hope is coming into you. God 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:26.200 is filling you with fresh courage, determination, vision. You will 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:30.360 run and not be weary. You will walk and not fame. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.680 That's what happened to a friend of mine. He was 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:37.880 diagnosed with cancer of the brain. The doctors only gave 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:41.200 him six months to live. It was the worst kind 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.600 of brain cancer you can have. He had surgery to 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:49.040 remove the tumor that was successful, but another one came back. 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:51.280 He's been taking all the treatment. 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:55.120 He's changed his diet and very disciplined about what he eats. 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:59.000 He made it past six months and another and another 0:15:59.120 --> 0:15:59.640 and another. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:00.960 Every time I. 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:04.880 See him, he's upbeat, still has his sense of humor. 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:06.800 It's full of faith, full of resolved. 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:08.880 You wouldn't know anything is wrong. 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:13.640 He's coming up on three years since the diagnosis. The 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:18.240 other day they took a new brain scan and could 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:23.000 not find any sign of a tumor. He has a 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:27.600 very prestigious doctor, one of the leaders in that field 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.440 in all of the world, and this doctor asked my 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.520 friend if he would go to a support group for. 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.040 People that have brain cancer. 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.520 My friend said, doctor, I don't really feel like I 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:38.040 need to go. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:38.800 I'm fine. 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.760 The doctor said, I'm not asking you to go for 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:42.400 your sake. 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:43.880 I'm asking you to go for. 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:47.360 Other people's sake, so they can see someone who's beaten 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:48.280 the odds. 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:50.360 He wanted him to go. 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:54.040 As an example, to be a source of encouragement to others. 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:58.040 But over these last three years, he's had plenty of 0:16:58.120 --> 0:16:59.320 times where. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:00.400 He's tempted to get weary. 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:05.600 The initial diagnosis, of course, was devastating. Never thought he'd 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.840 be dealing with brain cancer. It went away once, but 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:12.159 came back a second time, had to have another operation. 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.280 He could have thought, I can't deal with this anymore. 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.560 It just wasn't meant to be. But he didn't allow 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:23.520 the weariness in. He kept praying, believing, doing what he could. 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:27.720 Because he didn't get weary and well doing God caused 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.080 him to mount up with wings like eagles. 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:31.080 He became an. 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:36.200 Exception that's what happens when you don't give in to 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.800 battle fatigue. You may be in a situation like my friend, 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:43.840 that looks impossible. You could easily let that overwhelm you. 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:45.879 But God has given. 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.400 You strength for that battle. 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:50.720 He said you would never face something you couldn't handle. 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:55.040 Quit telling yourself it's too much and start taking hold 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.560 of His strength. That cancer is no match for you. 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:03.680 That legal problem, that situation in your finances may look 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:06.919 like it's permanent, but it's just a matter of time 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:11.720 before God turns it around. Don't let weariness talk you 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:14.560 out of it. May be taking a long time, but 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.240 like David, the promise is on the way. If you'll 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:21.360 stay in faith, God will not only renew your strength, 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:25.160 He'll renew your health, renew your marriage, renew your business. 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:29.160 He'll make a way where you don't see away. First Kings, 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:30.120 Chapter eighteen. 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:35.199 The prophet Elijah had just called down fire from heaven 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.400 and defeated four hundred and fifty of the. 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:42.439 False prophets that worshiped the God Bail. They were all killed. 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:46.120 It was a great victory in Elijah's life. But there 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.119 was a lady that lived there by. 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:49.159 The name of Jezebel. 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:52.520 When she heard what happened to her four hundred and 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:53.680 fifty false. 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:55.480 Prophets, she was furious. 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.960 She sent word to Elijah saying, if I don't kill 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:01.679 you by this time tomorrow, I'm going to take my 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:06.520 own life. Elijah was so afraid he took off running. 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:10.840 He ran for a full day into the desert. He 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.679 ended up sitting under a juniper tree. He was so 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:18.920 depressed he prayed that he would die. He said, God, 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:20.040 I'm done. 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.840 I've had enough. Take my life. 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:26.480 Here's this incredible man of faith, one of the great 0:19:26.520 --> 0:19:30.159 heroes in the Bible. He's seeing God bring a child 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:34.240 back to life. A few days earlier, he outran a cheeriot. 0:19:34.760 --> 0:19:37.920 He just called down fire from heaven, a great miracle. 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:43.280 But now because one angry woman is after him, he 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.480 doesn't want to live. There's a deeper message there, but 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:50.880 I'm smart enough to leave it alone. He's laying under 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:55.720 this tree, depressed, discouraged, doesn't want to go on. An 0:19:55.760 --> 0:19:59.880 angel appears under him and wakes him up. Usually when 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.800 an angel shows up in the scripture, it's to do 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:07.240 something supernatural, to open prison doors, to close the mouths 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:10.840 of hungry lions, to part red seas. But this angel 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:15.600 did something interesting. He said, Elijah, wake up and eat. 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:20.600 Elijah looked over. There was read cooking on hot coals 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:23.639 and a jar of water. Elijah ate the bread and 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:27.280 drank the water. Went back to sleep. A few hours later, 0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:29.840 the angel woke him up again said the same thing, 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:30.920 Get up and eat. 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:33.080 He ate and drank some more. 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:39.160 The scripture says, being strengthened by that food, he traveled forty. 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:42.920 Days to his next assignment. His whole attitude had changed. 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:47.480 While was Elijah discouraged, depressed, not wanting to go on 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:52.120 because he was tired. He was worn out, he was hungry. 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:53.840 He didn't need a miracle. 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:55.520 He just needed some sleep. 0:20:56.720 --> 0:21:01.080 Sometimes when we're weary, it's not a spiritual problem, it's 0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:05.080 a physical problem. He had just ran twenty four hours 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:08.080 to try to get away from Jezebel. He just needed 0:21:08.080 --> 0:21:10.680 some rest, just needed a good meal. In other words, 0:21:11.080 --> 0:21:13.840 the angel didn't wake him up and say, be free 0:21:13.920 --> 0:21:16.840 from your weariness, be healed from this depression. 0:21:17.160 --> 0:21:19.560 He said, eat this food, drink this water. 0:21:20.080 --> 0:21:24.000 He was saying, Elijah, take care of yourself, get back 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:28.639 in balance. Too often we're fighting battles in our mind. 0:21:28.920 --> 0:21:29.720 No passion. 0:21:30.240 --> 0:21:34.880 Discouraged not because of the enemy, but because of how 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:36.520 we're taking care of ourselves. 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:39.240 You are a three part being. 0:21:39.600 --> 0:21:44.560 Physical, spiritual, and emotional. You have to take care of 0:21:44.600 --> 0:21:48.359 all three parts. You can pray twenty four hours a day, 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:52.040 but you won't feel well physically. Your body needs to 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:55.000 be cared for. You can go to the gym, work 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:58.320 out five hours a day, seven days a week, but 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:03.040 if you're not taking time for your spiritual and emotional side, 0:22:03.119 --> 0:22:04.560 you're not going to be your best. 0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:07.040 Living balanced is the key. 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:10.520 You can't stay up all night and not get the 0:22:10.560 --> 0:22:13.560 proper sleep and expect to feel good the next day. 0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:17.240 You won't have the passion you need, the creativity. You 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:20.879 won't make good decisions. And some people are praying for 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:24.760 a miracle. They're discouraged, they have no energy. But if 0:22:24.800 --> 0:22:27.760 the angel showed up, he would say the same thing he. 0:22:27.760 --> 0:22:28.719 Said to Elijah. 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:32.160 Get some sleep, start eating better, take care of your 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:33.840 physical body. 0:22:33.920 --> 0:22:35.200 You can't drink. 0:22:35.040 --> 0:22:38.560 Twenty five cups of coffee a day, eat sugar all 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:41.840 the time and expect to feel good. I read where 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:46.040 one of the causes of depression is simply not getting 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:46.879 enough sleep. 0:22:47.560 --> 0:22:51.200 What am I saying pay attention to practical things. 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:55.320 You can't go against natural laws and expect God to 0:22:55.320 --> 0:22:58.920 bless you. Your body is the house you live in. 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:03.679 Calls it the temple of the Holy Spirit. I'm asking 0:23:03.760 --> 0:23:07.280 you to take care of your temple. Don't put junk 0:23:07.359 --> 0:23:11.840 in your temple. Your spirit the real You cannot live 0:23:12.000 --> 0:23:14.640 on this earth without your body. 0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:16.719 We need you here a long time. 0:23:17.240 --> 0:23:20.960 Don't have your life cut short because you're not taking care. 0:23:21.000 --> 0:23:22.240 Of what God has given you. 0:23:23.000 --> 0:23:26.040 And it's easy to work all the time, get up early, 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:30.560 stay up late, always thinking about the business, thinking about. 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:31.560 What we have to do next. 0:23:32.160 --> 0:23:36.640 But being a workaholic is doing yourself a disservice. Your 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:41.560 mind needs a break, your body needs to relax. That's 0:23:41.600 --> 0:23:45.000 why in the Old Testament God required them. 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:48.400 To take a sabbath. They didn't have a choice. One 0:23:48.480 --> 0:23:51.040 day a week. They couldn't even pick up a stick. 0:23:51.440 --> 0:23:52.439 They had to rest. 0:23:53.320 --> 0:23:56.840 Even when God created the universe, on the seventh day, 0:23:57.160 --> 0:23:57.880 he rested. 0:23:58.400 --> 0:23:59.199 He didn't have to. 0:23:59.480 --> 0:24:03.560 He's gone God. He was showing us this principle. David said, 0:24:03.960 --> 0:24:07.679 God leads me by the still waters. He makes me 0:24:08.080 --> 0:24:12.840 lie down in green pastures. That wording is interesting. He 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:17.120 makes me lie down. This implies if you don't take 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:22.440 care of yourself, If you live overworked, run down, stressed out, 0:24:22.920 --> 0:24:24.720 you don't get enough sleep, you don't eat right. 0:24:25.240 --> 0:24:27.680 Eventually that's going to catch up to you. 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:32.160 If you don't take time to lie down in green pastures, 0:24:32.480 --> 0:24:36.480 God will make you lie down in green pastures. You'll 0:24:36.520 --> 0:24:39.560 probably come to a point where you have to rest. 0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:43.640 What I'm saying, don't wear yourself out to where God 0:24:43.680 --> 0:24:47.399 has to make you slow down. Too many times we 0:24:47.520 --> 0:24:50.320 end up unhealthy. We can't do what we used to do, 0:24:50.520 --> 0:24:53.919 not because the enemy, but because we are not taking 0:24:54.000 --> 0:24:58.760 care of our temple. You need recreation. You need to 0:24:58.880 --> 0:25:00.760 laugh to have fun. 0:25:01.240 --> 0:25:03.000 Laughter is like a medicine. 0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:07.919 Laughter releases stress, causes you to have more energy. My 0:25:08.040 --> 0:25:12.480 personality type is I'm a hard worker. I'm driven, I'm determined. 0:25:12.560 --> 0:25:15.480 I like to accomplish things, and we have a lot 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:18.800 going on here. I could think about the ministry twenty 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:22.359 four hours a day, but I've learned if I don't 0:25:22.440 --> 0:25:25.439 exercise during the week, I'm not going to be my 0:25:25.560 --> 0:25:28.360 best up here on the weekends. If I don't take 0:25:28.400 --> 0:25:32.480 time for recreation, ride bikes with my family, play basketball, 0:25:32.960 --> 0:25:36.560 I'm not going to function at my highest level. You 0:25:36.640 --> 0:25:41.360 will be your most productive, your most effective, not when 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:45.880 you're working all the time, but when you're balanced physically, spiritually, 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:50.000 and emotionally. If you neglect one area, it will limit 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:53.280 what you can accomplish. And a lot of people are 0:25:53.320 --> 0:25:56.359 good at taking care of the physical, good at taking 0:25:56.400 --> 0:25:59.439 care of the emotional, but they don't take care of 0:25:59.480 --> 0:26:04.320 the spirit. There's no connection to God. Your life will 0:26:04.359 --> 0:26:09.159 be more rewarding, more fulfilling when you're in relationship with 0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:10.080 your creator. 0:26:10.680 --> 0:26:14.520 God breathed his life into you. He knows what your 0:26:14.560 --> 0:26:18.400 purpose is. He knows what you can accomplish. 0:26:18.720 --> 0:26:21.359 When you make him a part of your life, you 0:26:21.440 --> 0:26:23.280 will go further than you. 0:26:23.240 --> 0:26:26.200 Can in just your own ability, your own talent. 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:30.280 The scripture says, if you'll put God first, he will 0:26:30.280 --> 0:26:34.720 crown your efforts with success. His favor on your life 0:26:35.000 --> 0:26:38.280 will take you where your talent could not take you. 0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:42.360 If you're going to reach your highest potential, make. 0:26:42.240 --> 0:26:45.199 Your spiritual life a priority. 0:26:45.320 --> 0:26:48.320 When you get up each morning, take time to thank 0:26:48.400 --> 0:26:50.840 God for the day. Don't just rush out of the 0:26:50.880 --> 0:26:54.480 house all stressed out. Start the day off with a 0:26:54.520 --> 0:26:58.720 grateful attitude all through the day. Meditate on his promises. 0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:02.359 Keep your mind fit with thoughts of hope, faith, thoughts 0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:06.480 of victory. Friends, you don't have to go through life weary. 0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:11.080 Maybe today you need to make an adjustment, a practical 0:27:11.160 --> 0:27:15.439 thing like Elijah, taking better care of yourself, or maybe 0:27:15.480 --> 0:27:19.159 an adjustment in your attitude in how you're seeing things. 0:27:19.640 --> 0:27:22.159 You've been dealing with a challenge for a long time. 0:27:22.720 --> 0:27:24.960 Now you're suffering from battle fatigue. 0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:27.520 You don't think you can go on. This is a 0:27:27.600 --> 0:27:28.120 new day. 0:27:28.720 --> 0:27:31.720 God is breathing new life back into your spirit. 0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:33.679 Dare to take hold. 0:27:33.640 --> 0:27:37.240 Of his strength, get your passion back. When you feel weak, 0:27:37.359 --> 0:27:41.159 start declaring I am strong. If you'll do this, I 0:27:41.320 --> 0:27:42.960 believe and declare. 0:27:42.840 --> 0:27:45.080 You will run and not be weary. 0:27:45.520 --> 0:27:48.359 God is renewing your strength so you can soar like 0:27:48.440 --> 0:27:52.000 the eagles. Health is coming, courage is coming, Freshness is 0:27:52.040 --> 0:27:55.360 coming in Jesus' name, and if you receive it. 0:27:55.280 --> 0:27:56.680 Today, can you say amen? 0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:01.160 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:28:01.280 --> 0:28:03.840 the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 0:28:04.480 --> 0:28:08.560 Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. 0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:13.800 Come into my heart. I'll make you my lord and Savior. 0:28:15.200 --> 0:28:17.640 If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:20.560 born again. Get in a good Bible based church, and 0:28:20.640 --> 0:28:23.880 keep God first place. 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