Do you ever really feel drained and annoyed, overworked and under-appreciated? If so, the next humorous, nameless article is only for you:
“Yes, I’m drained. For a number of years I’ve been blaming it on center age, iron poor blood, lack of nutritional vitamins, air air pollution, water air pollution, saccharin, weight problems, weight-reduction plan, underarm odor, yellow wax build-up, and a dozen different maladies that make you surprise if life is admittedly price residing.
“But now I discover out, it ain’t that.
“I’m drained as a result of I’m overworked!
“The inhabitants of this nation is 300 million. 184 million are retired. That leaves 116 million to do the work. There are 75 million at school, which leaves 41 million to do the work. Of this complete, there are 22 million employed by the federal government.
“That leaves 19 million to do the work. Four million are within the armed forces, which leaves 15 million to do the work. Take from that complete the 14,800,000 individuals who work for the state and metropolis governments and that leaves 200,000 to do the work. There are 188,000 in hospitals, in order that leaves 12,000 to do the work. Now, there are 11,998 folks in prisons. That leaves simply two folks to do the work, you and me. And you’re sitting there studying this. No surprise I’m drained!”
If you might have ever felt that manner, you aren’t alone. A comic as soon as stated, “God put me on earth to perform a sure variety of duties.
Right now, I’m to this point behind I’ll by no means die!”
Even Jesus understood that the pressures of life might be overwhelming at occasions. That’s why He stated in Matthew 11:28-30, “Come to me, all who’re weary and burdened, and I gives you relaxation. Take my yoke upon you and study from me, for I’m light and humble in coronary heart, and you’ll find relaxation on your souls. For my yoke is simple and my burden is mild.” (NIV)
It is just not God’s will for us to undergo life, from one job to a different, merely present. He understands our obligations and obligations…however He additionally is aware of that our our bodies want relaxation and leisure in an effort to perform correctly.
According to a Greek legend, in historic Athens a person observed the good storyteller Aesop taking part in infantile video games with some little boys.
He laughed and jeered at Aesop, asking him why he wasted his time in such frivolous exercise.
Aesop responded by selecting up a bow, loosening its string, and inserting it on the bottom. Then he stated to the essential Athenian, “Now reply this riddle, if you happen to can. Tell us what the unstrung bow implies.”
The man checked out it for a number of moments however had no thought what level Aesop was attempting to make. Aesop defined, “If you retain a bow at all times bent, it’s going to break ultimately; however if you happen to let it go slack, will probably be fitter to be used if you need it.”
People are additionally like that. That’s why all of us have to take time to relaxation.
I’m reminded of the fourth commandment in Exodus 20:September 11, “Six days you shall labor and do all of your work, however the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals… For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the ocean, and all that’s in them, however he rested on the seventh day.” (NIV)
God didn’t have to relaxation on the seventh day as a result of He doesn’t get drained.
However, He set the instance for us to observe.
Feeling drained and overworked?
God says, “Let me offer you relaxation!”
Rev. Doug Johnson is the senior pastor at Raven Assembly of God in Raven, Virginia.
