More frequently in the past couple of years I find myself tired during the day. I am used to working 12+ hours a day. Sometimes late into the evening. I find that I cannot do that as much. I can’t tell if this is normal for being old and decrepit or an oncoming symptom of the cancer. They say getting tired faster is one of the things that will happen.
It appears that the Lord is setting up three trips to serve men in three different African nations this year. A couple of them are close to back to back and those two are close to a vacation trip with my wife that is also overseas. When I look at the schedule I wonder if I am going to have the stamina to make that work.
In reality sometimes I am struggling to get through the schedule here.
Last week part of my reading was Matthew 11:28 – 30 (here @ Bible Gateway). The Lord tells us there – you know the passage – that His yoke is easy. He got tired though. Look at John 4:6 (here @ Bible Gateway). Processing this, I was drawn to Isaiah 40:28 – 31 (here @ Bible Gateway), Colossians 3:1 – 4 (here @ Bible Gateway), and Romans 6:8 (here @ Bible Gateway).
The thing I have known is that He is our life. He is our strength. John 15:5 (here @ Bible Gateway) tells us that we cannot do anything apart from Him – that theme shows up at least 12 times in John. What I need to do is learn to live in His strength. To function in Him. I suspect that more often than not, I am possibly doing the right thing in my own strength.
As I write this 2 Corinthians 12:9 – 10 (here @ Bible Gateway) leaps to mind. I have to function in Him, in that way it is only He who gets credit. So in a real sense I am looking forward to learning how to serve – the Lord just brought 1 Peter 4:10 – 11 (here @ Bible Gateway) to mind – “by the strength which God supplies.”
This is going to be a great adventure.
In reality sometimes I am struggling to get through the schedule here.
Last week part of my reading was Matthew 11:28 – 30 (here @ Bible Gateway). The Lord tells us there – you know the passage – that His yoke is easy. He got tired though. Look at John 4:6 (here @ Bible Gateway). Processing this, I was drawn to Isaiah 40:28 – 31 (here @ Bible Gateway), Colossians 3:1 – 4 (here @ Bible Gateway), and Romans 6:8 (here @ Bible Gateway).
The thing I have known is that He is our life. He is our strength. John 15:5 (here @ Bible Gateway) tells us that we cannot do anything apart from Him – that theme shows up at least 12 times in John. What I need to do is learn to live in His strength. To function in Him. I suspect that more often than not, I am possibly doing the right thing in my own strength.
As I write this 2 Corinthians 12:9 – 10 (here @ Bible Gateway) leaps to mind. I have to function in Him, in that way it is only He who gets credit. So in a real sense I am looking forward to learning how to serve – the Lord just brought 1 Peter 4:10 – 11 (here @ Bible Gateway) to mind – “by the strength which God supplies.”
This is going to be a great adventure.
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