Be Refreshed!

Wow, it has been one hot Texas summer so far! We have had a decent amount of rain, but that doesn’t keep the heat away for long. Anyone who works outside knows that it doesn’t take much to become drenched in sweat.

Recently I was shoveling dirt into a wheel-barrow and hauling it to fill ruts in a field where a truck and trailer had gotten stuck. I could only work for thirty or forty-five minutes at a time before the heat got to me. But when I finally finished filling all the ruts, I went and jumped in a cool swimming pool.

How refreshing!

How relaxing!

But the summer heat isn’t the only thing that wears us out and beats us down. Sometimes life does that, regardless of the weather. Sometimes we are weary and worn after a long day. Sometimes we are weary and worn before the day even begins.

When this happens, we need to be refreshed. So how do we do that?

In Matthew 11:28, Jesus said, “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” He said come, but do we go? Do we go to the Lord in prayer? Do we go to the Bible full of His inspired words?

Speaking of Israel’s return from exile in Jeremiah 31:25, God said, “I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes” (NASB). The Hebrew word translated “refreshed” means that God fills and satisfies those who have been emptied and left longing.

Why would we not go to Him? How could we not go to Him?

If the summer heat is wearing you down, go jump in a pool and be refreshed!

If life is wearing you down, go to the Lord and to His Word!