Oh Lord my God, I am weary.
And Heavenly Father, I must confess my first response was not to seek You. I cried, tensed up and sighed in my own weakness. But now Lord, I am releasing these tears unto You.
With each sigh, I remember that You are each breath of my life (Isaiah 42:5). And in every piece of tension is another opportunity for me to give You every burden (1 Peter 5:7).
Lord, please forgive my discontent. It’s in weariness that I wrongly think that I shouldn’t have to withstand these certain things, but You bore the cross and took on every sin, for me (1 Peter 2:24). Forgive me.
Father, I ask in these moments of weariness that I remember the power of Your Holy Spirit is always with me (Romans 15:13). That I remember the life-giving promised truth of Your scriptures. That I can pause and say:
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” (Psalm 73:26, ESV)
Thank You Lord for being my strength and joy forever.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thus says God, the Lord,
Isaiah 42:5, ESV
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7, ESV
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24, ESV
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13, ESV
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