" Do it immediately, do it with prayer, do it reliantly, casting all care. Do it with reverence, tracing His hand who placed it before thee with earnest command.
Stayed on omnipotence, safe 'neath His wing, leave all resultings, do the next thing."
A precious friend of mine recently led me to read this poem,
pulled from a devotion written by Elizabeth Elliott (wife of Jim Elliott(martyred missionary to Ecuador))
When our hearts are overwhelmed...
David in Psalms 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Family,work,friends, illness,finances,world events,crisis,tragedy,loss...can and does overwhelm the body and soul of each of us. We can be taken to a place where we halt...there is no more strength to move forward, we are tired,fearful overtaken and consumed.
Many In God's word grew weary, they had to stop, re-purpose and lean on the strength of God to be able to finish the work that was set before them.
Paul: (Galations 6:9-10) "And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary."
Job: (Job 10:1) "My soul is weary of my life..."
Moses: (Exodus 17:12) "But Mose's hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands one on one side and the other on the other side: and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun."
When our arms and legs grow heavy, when the next step forward seems impossible, when the day is long, or when the sun shines brightly but your heart feels cold and empty, just.. "do the next thing" whether it be a walk down the drive, a supper prepared, a paper turned in, or the next patient seen.
Then trust that the One who died for you, rose for you and is coming back for you can handle the rest.
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth. HE does NOT faint or grow weary, His understanding is unsearchable. HE increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted. 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.
