Sermon: Wen Wi Worn Out Di man seh, Mi taiyad, O Gad; Mi taiyad, O Gad, an mi get out. (Prov. 30:1)
Wen yuh hear sombady seh dem tired, or wen sombady seh to yuh, “wow, yuh look exhausted,” a time fi ask God, “Weh kain a fatigue mi a experience Lord?” Rightly diagnosing wi particular brand a exhaustion graciously get wi more truly an quickly onto recovery’s road.
Yuh a work non-stop lately?
Di most common form a fatigue nuh seh nutten bout weh wi did experience inna wi childhood or bout di spiritual conditions a wi souls. Wi get tired cause wi a human. Wi body dem have limits. Jiizas did taiyad fram di chravl so im go sidong saida wan wel fi res. (Jan. 4:6) Dis jos miin se im did de pan im fut muos a di die an im did a fiil di pien a it. Dis kain a fatigue find a remedy if yuh jus tek a physical break. Yuh need a day off an dis as a regular rhythm inna yuh weekly life. God’s provision of a day of rest is yuh fren. Yuh need an afternoon fi sit by a well an gi di muscles an bones inna yuh foot dem a break.
Yuh Irritable, Meking Hasty Decisions or Despairing Lately?
Watch out fi three temptations wen yuh refuse physical rest as a regular part a yuh work-a-day life; irritability, immediacy an despair. Esau did exhaust fram di long activities a one ordinary day. Irritable wid fatigue him decide fi gi weh him birthright fi get immediate relief fi him fatigue. Physical fatigue mek poor decision makers a wi all. (Jen. 25:29-30) Ilaija did taiyad fram wan uol iip a vikchri an im did fried fi priich. Worn out him staat tink himself more alone dan him actually was an wid less a future dan him actually did have. Him neva need more Bible study or harder work or pastoral counsel. Him ailment was physical fatigue. Di remedy was sleep, food, more sleep, more food, an den him coulda hear di whisper a God again. (I Kings. 19:4-18) Wen two hundred a David's soldiers dem couldn't go forda, him gi dem physical rest, while him an di others dem did a goh. David den return fi greet dem kindly again in contrast to others who woulda shame di fatigued. In contrast to dem voices a contempt, David bless di exhausted an honored dem fi dem place an role mongst him people. (I Sam. 30:21-25) So di Laad plan fi do wid wi.
Yuh eva deal wid a lot a sad tings lately?
Somtaim Jiizas falara dem sliip bikaa di aadineri wok a di die (Luk. 9:32) Bot ada taim, Jiizas falara dem sliip bikaa sofarieshan a mek dem taiyad. ( Luke. 22:45 ) Wen yuh tired, tek note a di amount a emotional trauma an sorry weh yuh did a go chuu recently. Somtaim a forty hour week can feel like eighty because a di amount a emotional energy weh it involve. Ugly praying is needed. Ugly prayers gi vent to everyting weh worry, hurt, threaten an trouble wi. ( Job 16:7; Ps 6:6; 69:3; Is 38:14; Lam 5:5 ) Da kain-a prieya ya no luk priti ar soun priti. Ugly prayers become Jesus’ gracious way fi handle weariness fram sorrows. Wid wi sleepy an hurting companions wi respond to Jesus apprenticeship inna ugly prayer. ( Luke 22:46 )
Yuh Don A Lot a Good Widout Recognition Lately?
Somtaim repeatedly doing good tings strangely invite hopelessness an impatience fi frazzle wi. Hopelessness come wen it look like all a wi well-doing nuh pay off, or change tings, or enable wi or others fi arrive. Doing good is suppose to get wi someweh else dan yah doing someting more renowned dan dis. Wi staat tink, “weh di point a do all a dis good?” Di reward no match di work weh dem put in. Wi staat fi doubt a good future. Wi imagine wiself a do di same ole good tings, inna di same ole place, widout end an widout notice. Wi feel like fi quit. Boredom wid doing good set in. (Gal. 6:9) At other times, wi get frustrated an impatient wid having to do good inna di context a di same old antagonisms. Wi waan tings fi change, fi get easier. Wi taiyad fi diil wid di siem kantankerous piipl; di same sour tasks. Patience gi wi stamina. Losing patience, losing di ability fi tek a long view, wears wi dung. (Rev. 2:3) Patience an hope remind wi seh wi naa use Jesus fi get somewhere else dan weh wi deh. Insted, weh wi deh a di place weh Him deh. Him Spirit fruit right weh wi deh a wi need.
Yuh don staat someting new?
Somtaim wi worn out simply cause wi no accustomed to di ting weh dem a ask wi fi do. Wi used to running one mile. Dem a aks wi now fi run three an wi lungs an muscles need time fi catch up. Wi humble. (Jer. 12:5) Wi niid taim. Di amount a growth we need expose wi to a continual season a humbling weh challenge wi. Wi see wi sin an feel wi limits more dan wi waan. Wi get tired a wi need fi grow; tired a seh wi sorry, a being di one weh nuh have it all tugeda
