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HOW DO I DEAL WITH OUT BURNOUT? (IS. 40:28-31)

BURNOUT. THE VERY EXPRESSION SEEMS TO MAKES SIGH, DOESNT IT? IN THIS FAST PACED, OVERWORKED WORLD, MOST OF US HAVE FELT THE TIRING NUMBNES OF BURNOUT.  HOW SHOULD A BELIEVER IN CHRIST RESPOND ON THESE FEELINGS?

1:SURRENDER.  YOU MAY THINK THIS MEANS TO THROW UP YOUR HANDS AND CRY, "I GIVE UP!" BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT WE MUST DO. RATHER, WE SHOULD SURRENDER EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO THE LORD. HIS HANDS ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD ANYTHING  WE NEED HIM TO HANDLE. REMEMBER WHAT GOD SAYS: "I HAVE MADE THE EARTH, AND CREATED MAN ON IT. I-MY HANDS-STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS, AND ALL THEIR HOST I COMMAND" (IS.45:12). WHEN WE TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN OUR PUNY HANDS, WE WILL EVENTUALLY START DROPPING IT ALL.

2:DEPEND ON HIM.  HAVE YOU EVER RELINQUISHED A CONCERN ONLY TO FIND  YOURSELF TRYING TO PULL IT BACK OUT OF HIS HAND? WE TEND TO WANT TO FIX THINGS OURSELVES. THE TRUTH IS, HOWEVER, THAT ONLY GOD HAS BOTH THE POWER AND PERSPECTIVE TO BRING ALL MATTERS TO THEIR PROPER CONCLUSION (ROM. 11;33-36). WHEN WE TRY TO TAKE THINGS BACK FROM HIM, WE ONLY INTERFERE WITH THE SOLUTION HE WANTS TO BRING ABOUT.

3:TRUST HIM.  DO NOT OVERLOOK THIS VITAL POINT: GOD LOVES YOU! BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE, GOD WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF YOU- AND THAT MEANS HE WANTS TO HANDLE ALL YOUR WORRIES                  (MATT. 6:25-34).

GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO RUN YOURSELF TO EXHAUSTION, EVEN BY DOING "GOOD DEEDS" OR "CHURCH WORK".  INSTEAD, HE DESIRES  THAT YOU REJOICE IN HIS REST (MATT. 11:29,30). YOU MAY HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE ROPE, BUT GOD NEVER WILL: "HAVE YOU NOT KNOWN?" "HAVE YOU NOT HEARD?" THE EVERLASTING GOD, THE LORD,THE CREATOR OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, NEITHER FAINTS NOR IS WEARY, AND THE YOUNG MEN SHALL UTTERLY FALL, BUT THOSE WHO WAIT ON 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" (IS. 40:28-31).