Even though I feel bone-tired, can God still use me? Is my exhaustion a sign that He is not pleased with me?
Remember the woman at the well – the Samaritan who needed the burden of her sinful past lifted? How did that miraculous, life-changing encounter begin? “So Jesus, wearied as He was from His journey, was sitting beside the well.” (John 4:6)
What? Did I read that correctly? Yes! It was the weariness of Jesus that led Him to sit and rest by the well. It was, in fact, the toiling effects of Jesus’ journey that sparked this eternal event!
Just to be sure that Jesus felt what I feel, I checked the Greek behind John’s writing. This account means that Jesus grew weary, felt tired, toiled; He knew the repercussion of bodily labor.
Ah, Jesus, thank You that You know how I feel. Thank You for showing me that from my life can stream eternal workings even though I have paused in the midst of exhaustion.
I will now trust for the miraculous inner workings of God’s own Spirit to happen through my life, my body, my words, and my hands . . . even though my human frailty is right there with me.