BBD 05.20.21 Tired of Being Tired (Classic)

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Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

20 May 2021

Tired of Being
Tired

Have you
not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of
the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is
unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He
increases strength. - Isaiah 40:28-29.

In
Miami, Florida, Daniel Gallagher was arrested for armed robbery of two banks
within 20 minutes and for threatening to discharge an explosive device.
Gallagher told bank tellers that he had a bomb in the bag he was carrying, and
he then demanded that he be given one hundred dollars, which the teller quickly
gave to him. Actually, his bag contained only a can of beer. Gallagher, who is
46 years old, grew tired after his second robbery and so he took a break to
rest his tired feet. The police caught up with him while he was still resting.
According to police, Gallagher has an extensive arrest record.

Have
you ever noticed that sin is a tiring business? It doesn’t matter whether sin
is an armed robbery or a little white lie it drains the energy and life out of
you. Sin robs you of sleep and what sleep you are able to have is not restful.
Sin robs you of peace of mind and instead gives you anxiety, worry, and
depression. Sin may very well give you fear as you fear the consequences of
discovery of your actions or the result of your actions. Sin creates friction
in your relationships and that friction adds to your tiredness.

How can
you have strength when you are weak, and your energy for living has been drained?
Only by recognizing the ultimate source of strength and energy. That ultimate
source is God. When we are involved willfully in sin, we are disconnected from
the source of strength, peace, and life. To plug into that ultimate source, we
must turn from our sin agreeing with what God says about our sin, which is that
it is wrong. 1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins….” Confession
involves agreeing with how God sees our sin. Basically, that means that we
agree we were wrong, and that God is right. It is repentance, turning from what
we want to what God wants with our lives.

If we
want peace, life, energy, and strength it boils down to which we love the most
- God, or our sin. We cannot have both. We must make a choice, and for most
people, it will be a daily choice whether to live for God or to live for sin.

So, how
tired are you of being tired? Tired enough to ask God for help? Jesus
says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. 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 (Matthew 11:28-30).”

Please pray for Gwen Pruet...

Copyright © 2002 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe
Marx Jones; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Shonda Hutson
(fighting cancer); and please pray for my wife, Jeanie, who is having a problem
with her heart.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Classic from 2003

The Burning Bush Devotional

20 May 2021

Tired of Being
Tired

Have you
not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of
the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is
unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He
increases strength. - Isaiah 40:28-29.

In
Miami, Florida, Daniel Gallagher was arrested for armed robbery of two banks
within 20 minutes and for threatening to discharge an explosive device.
Gallagher told bank tellers that he had a bomb in the bag he was carrying, and
he then demanded that he be given one hundred dollars, which the teller quickly
gave to him. Actually, his bag contained only a can of beer. Gallagher, who is
46 years old, grew tired after his second robbery and so he took a break to
rest his tired feet. The police caught up with him while he was still resting.
According to police, Gallagher has an extensive arrest record.

Have
you ever noticed that sin is a tiring business? It doesn’t matter whether sin
is an armed robbery or a little white lie it drains the energy and life out of
you. Sin robs you of sleep and what sleep you are able to have is not restful.
Sin robs you of peace of mind and instead gives you anxiety, worry, and
depression. Sin may very well give you fear as you fear the consequences of
discovery of your actions or the result of your actions. Sin creates friction
in your relationships and that friction adds to your tiredness.

How can
you have strength when you are weak, and your energy for living has been drained?
Only by recognizing the ultimate source of strength and energy. That ultimate
source is God. When we are involved willfully in sin, we are disconnected from
the source of strength, peace, and life. To plug into that ultimate source, we
must turn from our sin agreeing with what God says about our sin, which is that
it is wrong. 1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins….” Confession
involves agreeing with how God sees our sin. Basically, that means that we
agree we were wrong, and that God is right. It is repentance, turning from what
we want to what God wants with our lives.

If we
want peace, life, energy, and strength it boils down to which we love the most
- God, or our sin. We cannot have both. We must make a choice, and for most
people, it will be a daily choice whether to live for God or to live for sin.

So, how
tired are you of being tired? Tired enough to ask God for help? Jesus
says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. 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 (Matthew 11:28-30).”

Please pray for Gwen Pruet...

Copyright © 2002 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Zoe
Marx Jones; Todd Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; Patricia Rohman and Lisa
Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark
S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Shonda Hutson
(fighting cancer); and please pray for my wife, Jeanie, who is having a problem
with her heart.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time constraints
the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org