Isaiah 43:22 “Yet you have not called upon me, O Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for me, O Israel.”
Father, when I’m with you I feel like I’m home. When I see you and hear your voice Jesus, I have a sense of home and belonging. This is such a good place to be and is such an encouragement for me today.
I love you my daughter, come and rest. You are mine.
Holy Spirit lead me into having an understanding about what our next steps are. I pursue you everyday and I honour you this way, but I have such a great need to rest my head Father. Please continue to make a way.
My sweet daughter, soon your joy will be complete. Caroline I have something for you today; I will give you rest on all sides. You’ve been faithful through much, and soon your joy will be complete. Come my faithful one, soon all will be ready.
Jesus, I feel like I’ve lost so much hair due to my stress level, and I’m fighting discouragement about this. What do you mean when you say you’ll give me rest on all sides?
Come with me my darling to find out.
Alright Father, I love your ways even though this length of time has made me weary. The good thing is that I can say that I’ve pursued you with my whole heart for so long that I’ve honoured you through it -I’ve wearied myself for you in my pursuit of you. You’ve used this to grow many good things in me like faithfulness and endurance, love and trust, commitment and wholeheartedness. You’ve taught me to become a disciplined person in many ways. Help me to continue to learn in this season instead of just waiting for it to be done. I will only be able to be in this pocket of time once, so help me push through and grow deeper in love with you. To love and be loved in relationships is what’s most important, so help me see what I don’t yet see so that we can walk deeper into my calling and into all you have for me.
I love you my daughter. Rest as we walk the rest of the way through. You are mine and I delight in you!
Reflection:
I think theres a difference between getting weary while doing good because of the length of time it takes, and allowing the enemy to make us weary through heaviness so that we’ll just stop and not move forward. In my understanding, becoming weary in pursuing God speaks about a length of time that’s gone by and means that we’ve not given up even though we’re tired; this honours him. It speaks to me about giving up something of ourselves in order to be able to give God our whole heart in our pursuit of him. What stands out to me in Isaiah 43:18-24 is that the Lord is doing a new thing, giving water to his chosen people so that we may proclaim his praise!!