When I am Weak
August 20, 2015
When I am Weak
Psalms 6:2
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Show me Thy ways and I will aspire to walk in them,
Impart unto me Your strength that I might carry them out,
Give me Your heart that I can have like passion and commitment,
Take my will that Yours may be done.
Father, we often faint in the heat of the day,
Our eye dims and our desires begin to stray.
Please take my hand and lift me up,
I keep wanting to sink in this miry clay.
Life can be good, but it is also hard,
It is not always easy to keep up my guard.
Often I grow discouraged with myself,
I want give up on my spiritual health.
Like a diet gone bad,
Sometimes I just want to give in to sin.
“Ah, what’s the use?
I’ve already blown it again.”
Yet the cross compels me not to give up,
It can’t be in vain that Christ drank from that cup.
I can not give place in my weakness to sin.
Would I drive those nails in His loving hands again?
Lord, I cry out in my weakness to You,
Help me not my old ways to pursue.
They never brought me peace or joy before,
Help me, oh Lord, not to open again that door.
You know my frame, that it is weak,
But my eyes are on you, and it is You that I seek.
Let it be no longer I that lives,
Help me lay all on the altar to freely give.
For my death, You give me Life.
For my heartache, you give me Peace.
For my sin, You give me Righteousness.
For my failure, You give me Salvation.
Your Word have I hid in my heart,
That I might not sin against Thee.
It mirrors Your Love and Grace,
When my eye grows dim and I fail to see.
Keep my feet in that narrow path,
I want to know Grace, not judgement and wrath.
Grace that takes me to a higher standard than law,
Grace that restores me in those times I fall.
Lord, You are my everything,
Without You I really have nothing.
Help me when I grow frail and weak,
May it be Your Life within me and Your words that I speak.
Kent Stuck
Blessings
#kent
Tired?
March 18, 2014
Tired?
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
There are times on our journey through life that we just get tired. We get emotionally, physically and spiritually weary; in those times our excitement and exuberance wanes. Our desire ceases in its passion and we just want to turn away, escape and turn off all the demands and challenges that are present in our life.
Perhaps you’re tired of fighting the battles in your life. You know you need to get up and go, but your body is saying, “no, just let me sleep,” or your mind and emotions are saying, “I just can’t deal with it any longer.”
Our lives have many demands, pressures and expectations placed upon them. Some of them are of our own choosing and many just goes with the territory. Without the proper rest, these issues and trials of life will tend to burn us out. Maybe some of you are feeling that way even as you read this. In Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus says, “Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.” Sometimes we think, “how can this be, when it is all of this trying to live right and do right that has gotten me to this place of exhaustion.” Maybe we are trying to be everything to everybody and we just feel spent. I think women in particular experience this because of all the emotional and physical demands they carry with family, career, household and a social life.
Most of us know that a lot is often riding on our being able to keep up the pace and perform our duties. Even though we feel the strain and exhaustion we keep on pushing. Where is our rest?
Do you ever find that even if you could rest, you can’t? Your mind is always racing with all of the things that need to be done. It is like juggling, you are afraid that if you rest from your concentration you will start dropping the balls and your world will fall apart. In our drive for success we often create our own mousetraps that keep us running. But the issue is you need rest!
Jesus is telling us that He has not come to heap more on to our already overflowing plate, but He has come to give our life perspective, meaning and purpose. Maybe we think we already have all of that, but when we look at all that we do in the light of eternity and what it really means to the sum of our life, how much of it is still as meaningful?
When we come into the rest that Jesus has for us we find that place where we are not carrying the entire burden of life. The issues and trials of life we now share with our Savior. Our reliance is now shifted from our ability to His ability and strength in us. The Lord doesn’t require of us what He has not provided the resources to do. Our scripture from Isaiah says, “they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.” That waiting is the hope and expectation we have in God, in His Word and promises. Our strength, our rest, our renewal is in laying hold of the life of Christ in us. The Word says, “I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me.” The Lord is my place of rest and strength. When I’m tired and weary, when my natural man doesn’t feel it can keep going on, it is like that story of “Footprints in the Sand”, the Lord has not deserted us, but as we come into His rest we find that He is carrying us. When we are tired we need to crawl up on our Daddy God’s lap and just rest. Let Him have all your burdens, all your cares, worries and pressures. The Lord is your rest and in Him you will find the encouragement, the hope and strength you need to carry on.
Blessings,
#KentStuck