BE STILL AND KNOW...
Psalm 121:1-3
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
I've been guiding hunters for nearly three fourths of my life and I've loved nearly every day of it. But there are those times that I can barely get through the day. Guiding is a strenuous exercise. 99.9% of my hunters are great people. Actually, I can't even name the .01% that aren't great. However, trying to stay on top of the daily physical, emotional and spiritual needs just wears a person out.
Have you had days where by the end of the day you couldn't even lift yourself into bed? A day where the emotional stress added more weight than the physical excursion? No matter how hard you try there just wasn't anything left to give. Well if you haven't, I have.
So how do we keep going when the daily chores have completely drained us of energy? There is only one way... Allow God to carry the load. Without the ability to give it all to Him, I couldn't keep going day to day.
The people that we deal with on the exhausting days need to see Christ in us as much as those that see us on our best days... even more so.
If you believe that the Bible is God's word to us, as His people, then you should never doubt His willingness to provide strength in our time of weakness. Isaiah 41:10 confirms it. This is God speaking directly to His people.
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." (Isaiah 41:10)
Allow God to lift you when you can't get up, when you are completely and totally exhausted. The Bible is full of promises of God's enduring love and provision... Psalm 100:5 says, "For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations."
Don't try to do it all on your own... allow God to carry the load, and when you body and soul are completely exhausted, hand some of the load off, then stop and rest. Listen to the words of the Lord.
"BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD" (Psalms 46:10)
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