Are you tired? Are you weary? Do you not have much strength left? Maybe it’s time to rest a bit, regroup, refocus and receive a little peace. The scripture below has some instructions with it. Take a look at the whole chapter. There is a place of refreshing even in the midst of the desert. So if you are in the desert and you need a drink, just ask and then receive. Refreshing!

Isaiah 43:8-21 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.” (NIV)

“New Thing - Forget the former things, Do not dwell on the past! Behold, I do a new thing.”

Sometimes we can get weary in our journey even to the point of giving up, but this is not really what we’d like to do, it’s just that we are worn out. Sometimes as we are walking the way we need to go, other things come up and we think we need to carry them or they simply attach themselves on to our back. “I should have done this.” “I need to do that.” “I need to help this person.” All of these are burdens and if we let them pile up on our shoulders we will be weighted down and become tired. Each evening we need to make sure that we have let go of the cares of this world. Let the Lord do His part and let us do ours. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Guess what, that means that if what we are carrying isn’t light, we are carrying something that is not His. Take your sword and cut it off. Lighten your load. Drink from His stream and be refreshed and then share that refreshing with others and you will even receive more. We carry too many burdens that we don’t need to bear.

The physical world is very challenging and can be represented by a desert and solid rock. We just need to remember that while we are there, we can simply get the refreshing we need by tapping into the spiritual streams that are there to refresh us all the time.

This is the fourth photomontage I’ve created. The first is on the home page of this site and is available for use as a wallpaper by clicking on the image. Simply copy and paste to your computer. We will be adding the other three shortly and these 4 will be available to purchase as 13″ x 19″ poster prints on our site. These items help support this site as well as help fund ministry outreaches and projects we are developing. I hope you have been blessed and refreshed. Have a beautiful day.

Joseph