Feeling Weary - Be Encouraged

All of us as Christians get spiritually tired and weary. It may seem to you that God is not working, that the church isn't growing, that the devil is winning, or that you are not growing like you think you should. And you feel like quitting, like giving up. Now this spiritual weariness can lead to discouragement.

We need to learn how to not grow weary and lose heart (Galatians 6:9) We need to learn to fix our eyes on Jesus who did not give up, but persevere (Hebrews 12:1-3). We need to learn how to run the spiritual race all the way to the end of our life, to pace ourselves, to strengthen ourselves along the way. We need to learn the importance of spending time with God, to "withdraw to lonely places and pray" (Luke 5:16). We need to respond to Jesus' instruction - "Come to Me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28-29). We need to learn from Isaiah, that "those who wait for the Lord...will walk and not grow weary." (Isaiah 40:31).