When will you get tired?A Powerful Message on Surrendering Fully to God
When will you get tired? Tired of always finding a way out? Tired of always designing another plan, a backup plan, and a backup for the backup, just in case the first one doesn’t work? When will you finally be tired of trying to figure everything out on your own strength as if your life is a project you must finish by your own wisdom? When will you truly surrender yourself to God — or haven’t you discovered already that your own plan is not working? There is a kind of tiredness that is not weakness. It is not defeat. It is not failure. It is the holy tiredness that leads a person back to the feet of God. It is the kind of tiredness that Abraham felt — not a tiredness from running, or working, or fighting — but a tiredness from striving to understand God with human senses. By faith, Abraham, when he was tired, offered up Isaac; and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son (Hebrews 11:17). It takes a man who is tired of wrestling with God, tired of arguing...