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Here are seven great Bible verses that I hope can help you when you have grown weary.
Galatians 6:9 “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”
Someone once asked D.L. Moody if he got tired of the work and he replied that he got tired in the work but not tired of the work which makes perfect sense of Paul writing, “As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good” (2nd Thess 3:13). It is far too easy to grow weary when people don’t say thank you or they seem to take you for granted but we’re not doing it for men, we’re doing it for God so “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ” (Col 3:23-24).
Revelation 2:3 “I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.”
Jesus is personally addressing the church at Ephesus and tells them that they’ve lost that first love (Rev 2:4) that they had and all believers had after they were first saved. For this reason, Jesus specifically tells them to “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent” (Rev 2:5) so He is still giving them time to repent and turn back to Him. He was encouraged however because this church had not grown weary like the other churches had.
Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Want to get some rest? Take a nap! Want the kind of rest that never goes away? Then come to Christ and lay all your heavy burdens on Him. He’s the only one Who can truly give you rest; everything else is just a catnap. How do you get this rest? Jesus says you must “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matt 11:29-30). A yoke was a farming implement that spread out the weight between the oxen, horse or mules and by their being able to share the load, they could do more work and the load wasn’t as heavy. You see the analogy with Jesus, right?
Psalm 6:6 “I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.”
This verse reminds me much of what I call the “Repentance Psalm” which is Psalm 51 but elsewhere the psalmist wrote “I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God” (Psalm 69:3). David cried out for God’s mercy day and night and must have been exhausted at times as he fasted, prayed, and got little sleep but in true repentance, he turned from His sin and confessed it before God and asked for forgiveness. We have that same opportunity.
Hebrews 12:5 “And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.”
The author of Hebrews wants us to “Consider him (Jesus) who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted” (Heb 12:3) and to be “looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God” (Heb 12:2). We cannot more Christ-like until we suffer like Christ did so when you suffer from living a godly life, you are blessed (Matt 5:10-12) but God disciplines with love as Solomon wrote “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof” (Prov 3:11). This means that “God is treating you as sons (and daughters) [and] what son (or daughter) is there whom his father does not discipline” (Heb 12:7)? When God disciplines me “all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it” (Heb 12:11).
Ecclesiastes 12:12 “My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.”
What was it that Solomon told his readers to “beware of anything beyond these?” The context of Ecclesiastes chapter twelve and the conclusion is “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man” (Eccl 12:13b) and that’s “The end of the matter” (Eccl 12:13a). There are so many books to read that you could end up weary of all books but there is only one book that doesn’t go beyond these things; the Holy Bible.
Isaiah 40:31 “but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not fain.”
The key to being renewed in strength is that we “wait for the Lord” indicating we wait for His sovereign plan to unfold while doing what we can. Then, after we’ve waited, we can run and not grow weary; we can walk and not faint along the way. While we’re waiting “for the Lord” we can rest in Him, knowing that all things are in His control for even a pagan king’s heart is turned wherever the Lord pleases (Prov 21:1).
Conclusion
If we repent and put our trust in Christ then God says “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint” (Jer 31:25) and as we are strengthened by God then we in turn “must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’” (Acts 20:35).
Article by Jack Wellman
Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.
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