All Kinds of Tired

All Kinds of Tired

There are all kinds of tired, but you can probably fit them all in one of these three categories: spirit, soul, or body (physical).  The results of all three can feel the same. But to correct why you’re tired, you need to understand what has made you tired. 

Our spirit was created to be the temple (or home) for the Spirit of God. Blaise Pascal called it the “God-shaped vacuum of our heart.” When you repent and follow Jesus, the Spirit of God comes and lives there. He’s promised to help us, teach us, correct us, counsel us, and heal us—and that’s just a sample of all He does! If you never repent, you are constantly struggling, searching, and chomping at the bits trying to fill that space with SOMETHING.  But the only thing that will ever satisfy you and bring you peace and rest is the Spirit of God. 

The soul is made up of mind, will (choices), and emotions. When you think too much or too long about a problem, your body can become just as tired as if you’ve run a marathon. Or if a big choice sits in front of you and you turn it every which way and chew on it for days, you can exhaust yourself. If you’ve been hurt by someone else of if you’re worried about a loved one, you can find yourself sighing or wanting to run away. Our soul can exhaust us.  

You know the physical. You can over-exert or overextend your strength. You’ve been going too fast for too long. You’ve done too much. Your body is worn out and you need rest. 

Honestly, today I feel like most of our exhaustion comes from our soul—our mind, will, and emotions. Our minds are overloaded with information. The world has never been so connected and so filled with information—and it’s available at our fingertips. It’s overwhelming! Google says we make 35,000 choices a day. Satan is manipulating our emotions like never before. The chaos and conflict in our world alone is enough to make us want to hide in bed with a pillow over our heads!

As always…God has a solution. Matthew 11:28-30 says this: “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.” Choose to yoke up with Jesus today. Get in step with him. Learn from him. He will give you rest.  

Rest…sweet, TRUE rest.