The line between worn and weary....

Real blog here.....this time of the year it truly feels like someone took my treadmill and upped the speed faster than I can run in the flesh for sure. I'm so thankful that even when I don't feel like I can run it in the flesh, God knows what I can run in the Spirit. Regardless of how fast you are running, if you don't take a few minutes to breathe while you are running and at some point to take a sip of water...you are going to run out of energy fast. Things in the natural reflect things in the spiritual......If we don't take some time to breathe when the pace picks up and take a drink every now and then, we are going to run out of steam fast. I've joked the last couple of weeks that I was going to meet myself coming and going soon....well when you are burning the candle at both ends that is going to happen at some point. I'm thankful God is holding the candle so even though it looks like it's about to burn out, He's not going to let that happen. God wouldn't have told you to press through it, if He didn't know you were going to go through it. Sometimes though we forget the way to press and that's to praise through it...If you are going to go through it, you have to praise through it...because when you praise through it...your focus is fixed on where it needs to be and that's Him.

There is a line between worn and weary. The enemy seeks to wear out the saint and if he can wear you out and you stay in that spot...you will grow weary. Worn out is for a season...weary is a root that needs to be left at the feet of the Master. Know the difference....because if you can recognize when the enemy is seeking to wear you out, you can stop from being worn out. Hear my heart...it's not easy and in some seasons it's harder than others. There are times when it will seem like it's coming from multiple directions, but remember your weapon of praise. Praise Him through and when you don't feel like you have the words, trust that He does. There is something that shifts when that prayer that only your Spirit and His know what you are saying. There is a shift that happens when the tears flow because that's where you are at. God knows your heart sweet friend. He knows when you have given all you have to give and He's saying..."Take a breath in me, take a drink from me. I know you feel like you are running on empty, but I'm not going to let you burn out. You may feel empty but the less you feel like you can do, the more I can do through you. This season of empty is my time to shine through you because the less of you means more room for me." Do you hear the whisper of His heart? Do you hear how much He loves us? Yes, the enemy is seeking to wear you out and a lot of times it's through those "good" things that are keeping you busy. God didn't build you to only give and never receive. You have to take in in order to keep giving out...and I'm still a work in progress with this. I can get so distracted by doing that I lose sight of being. Martha has a purpose, but so does Mary. Sometimes Martha needs to sit down and take a page from Mary...just saying.