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Dear Young Christian:
This week we are going to have a series on the subject of “weariness.” As you start out today you may be feeling physically weary. Perhaps you didn’t get enough rest over the weekend. Maybe you stayed out late with your friends and didn’t get enough sleep, or you were busy studying, or involved in some outreach and work for the Lord. Jesus Himself knew what it was to experience physical weariness. “Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well” (John 4:6). There was another time when we read, “And He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow” (Mark 4:38).
However, the weariness we are going to consider is not physical tiredness but spiritual fatigue. The enemy, Satan, is making great efforts to wear down those who are seeking to follow the Lord and be a testimony in this morally dark and sinful world. If we are not careful, we can get spiritually weary, but we have one who says, “I have satiated [fully satisfied] the weary soul” (Jeremiah 31:25).
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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