I'm Tired, But...

“And Jesus answered her and said to her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken from her.’”
— Luke 10:41-42

I’m tired. I’m exhausted. Over the past couple months I have spent as many nights in hotels and RVs as I have in my own bed. Conferences. State Fair. Speaking engagements. Daily work. BUT… I still have work to do. Projects to complete. Things that need to get done in a timely manner. And, now, a devotion I need to put some creative thought towards and write.

Like Martha, in Luke 10:40 I find myself looking at others and thinking, “Lord, do You not care that my sister [or others] has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her [them] to help me.”

And, tonight, the Lord simply replies, “Warren, Warren, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed. Choose that good part. Sit at my feet!”

So, instead of writing my normal devotional thought, I simply want to challenge you to join me today. Especially if you are tired and worried. The reality is we get to choose how we end the sentence: 1) I’m tired, but there is still so much I need to do, or 2) I’m tired, but I am blessed.

I challenge you to join me. Take the few minutes you would normally spend to read this devotion and pray. Sit at the Lord’s feet. Thank God for the blessings you have. Blessings that come NOT from what you do, have done, can do, should do, but blessings that come from who He is and what He has done in your life.

For He has “blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). And that good part “will not be taken” from us.

We get to choose how we end the sentence: I’m tired, but…

I challenge you to join me in sitting at the Lord’s feet for just a few minutes and “Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your blessings, see what God hath done…” (Hymn, Johnson Oatman, 1897).

AND if you want to encourage me today, share your blessings with me. I would love to celebrate them with you. A blessing shared is twice the blessing. A burdened shared is half the burden. I would treasure both.

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