5 Ways Satan Will Discourage You (Part 3)
Continued from earlier blog posts...
#3 - BURNOUT
Most of us forget that we're human. We can't do it all. For some reason we think that we can live our lives without margin and somehow be exempt from burnout. It's impossible.
- What if we made our physical and spiritual health the number one goal, instead of efficiency and accomplishment?
- What if we proactively scheduled times of rest into our calendar?
- What if we decided to say "no" to a lot more stuff?
We all know that we'll never get it all done. We all know that the expectations of others will never stop. We all know that it's easy to say "yes" to things that will eventually drain us. So what's the payoff for pushing ourselves nonstop? Fatigue & Discouragement.
In 1 Kings 19:1-8, we read the bizarre story of a prophet named Elijah who was extremely depressed and discouraged. So much so that he prayed, "Take my life!". Immediately after his prayer, he ate some baked bread, drank some water and took a nap. The very next thing we read is, "...the food gave him enough strength to travel 40 days and nights..."!
I admit that I'm ad-libbing a little bit, but pretty much all Elijah needed to help him in his current state of burnout was a good nap and doughnut! That, my friend, is a great Bible story.
Dave
PS - We were having technical problems during our first service yesterday, so here is the intro video you missed...
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