What To Do When You're Tired

Jeremiah 29:11 NLT

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

 

1Kings 19:3-4 NLT

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. (4) Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.

 

John 4:6 NLT

Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.

 

1 Kings 19:5-8 NLT

Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!” (6) He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again. (7) Then the angel of the LORD came again and touched him and said, “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.” (8) So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.

 

1 - Don't quit, recharge! 

3 John 1:2 HCSB

Dear friend, I pray that you may prosper in every way and be in good health physically just as you are spiritually.

 

2 - Step into His presence 

1 Kings 19:9-11NIV

There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” (10) He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” (11) The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.