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When You Feel Like You’re on Empty

The Manna Chef

Have you ever experienced a moment when it seems like there is so much going on around you that you cannot catch your breath?  Many of us pour out all the time, but what happens when there’s no one around you to pour back in?

In a dream recently, God showed me an open area with fountains all around me.  He had strategically placed them to refresh me along the journey.  It was amazing; it made me think about the many times I’ve just felt exhausted while I was really trying to walk the way God has called me to walk.  And I realize that He has always been right there to pour back into me, even when I didn’t recognize Him at that moment.

God promises to never leave us nor forsake us.  (I used present tense purposely because it’s an everyday promise.)   He tells us, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”  (Matthew 11:28 NLT)  But we have to take the time to be still long enough to receive that rest and to be refreshed.  Of course, Jesus is our Living Water—the well that will never run dry.  But God has also called some of His children to be spiritual fountains who pour into others along the way.  It’s not an easy assignment though.  When you carry this anointing, you have to spend time with the Lord and allow Him to fill your cup.  And you will need your cup to overflow, so stay in His presence no matter what!  It’s also important for you to recognize other fountains that can pour into you when you do become weary, because we live in fleshly bodies that do actually get tired sometimes.

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It’s Bigger Than You

The Manna Chef

Sometimes life can seem so complicated that you feel like you’re in this thing all by yourself.  Everywhere you turn, there is a hurdle to jump.  You ever find it hard to catch your breath because so much is going on? 

There was a time when life seemed so overwhelming that I just wanted to give up; not on living, but in ministry.  I felt like I was becoming stagnant.  I was pouring out so much, but very little was being poured back in.  I didn’t have balance in my life.  I was doing the best I could; but I was on “empty.”  You know what?  People will use you up if you allow them to do it.  I was pretty much exhausted and I was becoming bitter.  And I’m talking about in ministry and in life.  I wanted to throw in the towel; it had become too much. 

But the Holy Spirit was right there in the midst of all of my challenges.  He listened to me vent and then He checked me.  I don’t know about you, but the Holy Spirit doesn’t coddle me.  I don’t have many of those tender, sweet moments when it comes to me basically complaining to God.  He listens and then gets on my case.  I describe it to my friends like He has me in the boxing ring, tearing me up!

The Spirit of God reminded me that although I do have a choice, there is really only one choice to make if I want to receive the promises of God and be who He designed me to be.  I have to be obedient to Him and stay centered in His will.  We have to learn how to position ourselves to receive from God. My life belongs to Him, so I’m here to do His will.  That’s the bottom line for me.

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