Dear Lord,
You tell me to come to You when I am overwhelmed and weary from carrying heavy burdens. So here I am! I accept the rest that You offer me.
I no longer carry the weight of my burdens by myself. From this moment on, I will be yoked to You, and You will do all the heavy pulling and lifting. You offer to teach me with Your gentle heart and humble Spirit so that I can find rest for my soul. My response is yes! Yes, I want to draw even closer to You. Yes, I want to hear all that You have to say to me through the power of Your Word and Your precious Holy Spirit.
Because I am made new in You, I have already won the victory over the world through my faith in You.
I will not lose heart. Even though I continue to age on the outside, I remain young on the inside as Your Spirit renews me. My troubles are only light and temporary. You count my faithfulness through my troubles as a solid path to Your eternal glory.
Help me to keep my eyes on You, not on the things of this world. When I focus on You and Your kingdom, I see the eternal.
I will press on in Your power and through Your Spirit. I will not be overcome with fatigue for doing what is right. I will continue on in my journey, refreshed in You.
In the name of Jesus, amen.
Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:28–29 NLT
Everyone who has been born from God has won the victory over the world. Our faith is what wins the victory over the world.
1 John 5:4 GW
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:16–18 NIV
We can’t allow ourselves to get tired of doing what is right.
2 Thessalonians 3:13 GW