Ever have an empty feeling?
Ever feel broken, no good, not worth anything?
Ever feel so dry in your spiritual walk that you can’t see or feel God’s loving touch?
I have recently. I have felt complete exhaustion and complete uselessness for about the past six months. With job and family responsibilities, and even church demands.
My body and mind is worn-out, I’m tired. Busyness has worn me out. I have felt empty spiritually. I have felt God was so far and I didn’t know how to reconnect like I should.
As a school superintendent my life is a blur. I go from one meeting to the next, one activity to the next leaving the house at 6:30 a.m. and usually getting back around 10:00 p.m. each evening. Life flies by, what have I accomplished? If it wasn’t for a palm pilot, I don’t know if I could get through life.
Carl invited me to attend the Zoe Worship Conference about 6 months ago. I kept looking for ways to say no, I’m too busy. There’s no way I can be gone from the school district during that weekend.
I believe God was telling me that I needed to attend this worship weekend and get reconnected with Him once again. We needed quiet time with each other. He needed me but I desperately needed Him. I didn’t just need to go through the motions but really worship him with all my heart. I needed to spend time reflecting on what He has done for me and praise Him for it.
I am thankful that God was active and working on my heart that weekend. I needed that time alone with Him to look back and say thank you for loving me; thank you for all the blessings you give me that I don’t appreciate each day; thank you for my family; thank you for your church (especially the Central Family); but most of all, thank you for your Son that gave me the opportunity to have a relationship with You.
This coming Sunday, November 5, we will have an opportunity to worship, as a family, the Creator of the Universe. What a great opportunity that will be.
We must acknowledge our brokenness and bring it to God to be fully healed. Hiding what is broken, or trying to just let it heal itself, will usually only make what is broken, heal improperly. If it’s sin, confess it. If it’s failure, admit it. If it is weakness, acknowledge it. Then ask the Great Physician for help and healing.
When God heals you can offer yourself back to God to be used by Him in His work. Like the boy who brought the loaves and fishes, what we offer may not seem like enough to meet the demand. But when it is offered to the Father, he makes it more than sufficient. He takes what is broken and makes it strongest in the broken places. If you are feeling tired, worn-out, empty or broken, what better place to come for healing than the throne of the living God.
See you Sunday as we draw “Closer” to God!
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