There do come times when you just can’t seem to put one foot in front of the other any longer. When all your strength is zapped, when the sorrows of the world seem too heavy, and when you just have nothing left to give.

 

It’s likely why God gives rest to the weary, still waters to the sick, and refreshing times to the restless.

 

It is not an area of strength for me. Usually, rest is forced because I’ve gone as long, as hard, and as fast as I could. It’s a pattern in my life whereby He brings me to an abrupt halt and I can understand truly how He “Maketh me to lie down…”

 

Faithfulness comes with a cost. Plowing the ground takes strength and endurance. Digging deep wells requires work, and a lot of it.

 

Showing up again and again takes a certain mindset with Jesus. It would be easy to bow out much of the time if commitment wasn’t high on your integrity list.

 

Some days you’ll walk with Jesus in silence because it’s just gotten to be too much. The cross you bear is so heavy you seem to cave under it. The fighting in prayer may become mere tears because you just can’t…anymore.

 

God sees the pondering of heart and the toying of the idea, “What if I call it done…” “It’s been a good run…”

 

Then faces will begin to be placed in your mind of those you would be abandoning. Those counting on you for prayer. Those who need you in their valley. Those who are trying to fly while unloading heavy personal baggage.

 

That’s the ultimate answer to your “What if…”

 

You and I can’t rely on other people’s faithfulness to define our own even when the give is gone. There is an astounding domino effect of loss in the Kingdom if you do not get back up.

 

It is life or death in all honesty.

 

Take the time you need to reboot when your give is gone but silence the voice of the enemy who comes seductively when you’re weary to talk you into quitting…

 

It is not an option…