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Top 7 Bible Verses For Those Feeling Tired and Exhausted

Top 7 Bible Verses For Those Feeling Tired and Exhausted

Last updated on: February 16, 2016 at 2:55 pm by Jack Wellman

Top 7 Bible Verses For Those Feeling Tired and Exhausted 2016-02-16T14:55:20-06:00 Jack Wellman

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Here are seven Bible verses that may help those who are feeling tired and exhausted.

Isaiah 40:28-29 “He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.”

I am so glad Isaiah chapter 40 is in the Bible because even though it’s written to Israel, there are certain applications for the believer today, just as Isaiah writes that “Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted” (Isaiah 40:30) but waiting on God renews their strength and displays godly wisdom for there is an empowerment in waiting, resting, and relying upon God and not ourselves.

Matthew 11:28-29 “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

How often do we needlessly carry around burdens that we don’t need too? Too often, in speaking for myself, but that’s why we are told by Jesus to take His yoke, meaning He won’t force it on us. We must freely come to Him and give over what we can’t carry by ourselves and take His yoke. The yoke was a farming implement that spread out the load so that one animal would not be overburdened by pulling or carrying too much of the weight, so in similar fashion, when we take Jesus’ yoke, it allows us to find rest for our souls.

First Peter 5:6-7 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.”

Before we ever get to the point of casting all of our cares or anxieties upon God, we first have to humble ourselves, since we know that God will resist the proud (James 4:6). In humbling ourselves today, God will do the exalting, but “at the proper time” and that time won’t likely be today. God cares for us and shows us He does by allowing us to cast ever anxiety, burden, and weight of the world onto Him.

Isaiah 40:31 “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

Again, Isaiah encourages the people of Israel, but I believe he encourages the believer today since we too wait upon the Lord for our renewal of strength. We learn from experience that the longer we wait for God and His timing, the more we are resting, and that rest gives us to the ability to run and not grow weary and walk and not grow faint, however this can only happen for those “who wait for the Lord.”

Jeremiah 31:25 “For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

Jeremiah was known as the “Weeping Prophet” because he had a tender heart for his people, the Jews, who had been falling into sinful patterns at an ever increasing pace and we sent into captivity for a harsh, cruel bondage. Jeremiah knew this was coming and he was powerless to stop it, but after that time of punishment, God promised His people that He “will satisfy the weary soul and every languishing soul I will replenish.” God was always going to leave Himself a remnant (Ezk 6:8-14) so “There is hope for your future, declares the Lord and your children shall come back to their own country” (Jer 31:17).

Galatians 6:9 “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”

It is so easy to grow weary in doing good, when nobody notices or nobody even cares, but remember, it’s really being done for an audience of One and not one of many. A great example is in our giving where Jesus said “your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you” (Matt 6:4) and even “when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward” (Matt 6:5). If we remind others of our good works, God will forget them but if we forget them, God won’t.

Second Thessalonians 3:13 “As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.”

Paul seems to repeat himself in this phrase to not grow weary in doing good, possibly because many were growing weary in doing good. He reminded the Thessalonians of that and the Galatians of too, probably due to the fact that some of the Christians in those churches were doing good for others and not receiving so much as a thanks or having anything good done for them. Has that happened to you? Isn’t it a bit exhausting to do something good for someone and not even be acknowledged?

Conclusion

D.L. Moody worked tirelessly for the Lord and one man once asked him, “Don’t you get tired?” to which Moody replied, “I get tired in the work but not tired of the work” and his point is clear. He never tired doing for the Lord but he did grow tired as we are reminded by God, we’re only dust (Psalm 103:14) so may Jeremiah’s words to Israel be an encouragement to us, where he wrote “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jer 29:11).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.

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