Running On Empty

Have you ever felt exhausted from serving? You continue pouring out when you have absolutely nothing else to give, then all of a sudden you have a break down. Give should not be like this. Are we expecting for the people we pour into, to give back? That would be the perfect world, but let us be honest - it rarely works that way. We often forget to allow Jesus to fill us up with His strength and then  we operate on our own. Those short prayers throughout the day do not seem to cut it and we end up feeling like a sponge that has been completely rung out. When we look for others for that fulfillment, we will never get satisfied and it will always leave us empty. God is longing for us to spend time with Him. To serve Him. To seek Him more. In do that, our sponge gets sopping wet. So when you serve your husband, wife, kids, family, friends, people in need, at your workplace, in your ministry, etc.. God is replenishing you, when others cannot. When we let the Lord guide us and when we operate out of His strength, He promises us that He will guide and strengthen us. We will be like a well-watered garden whose spring will not fail. Wow! What an amazing promise.