Sometimes you have those periods in life where no matter what you do, how high you jump, how many times you try to split yourself in two or how much effort you put in, there are still only twenty four hours in a day, do you recognize that?
You are overwhelmed with all sorts of activities in addition to your already daily full agenda. I myself was in such a period for a while.
A lot happened in my life and although the vast majority were fortunately very nice and beautiful things, it was so unprecedentedly busy that I could not see the forest for the trees for a long time.
I was overwhelmed by all kinds of tasks and responsibilities, and had difficulty finding peace or relaxing. Many times I was physically and emotionally so exhausted that I was still physically present, but otherwise walked around completely like a zombie.
Sort of a ‘light is on but no one is home’ idea, LOL. 
My time with God kept slipping away and that for a few months. Frustrated, I did my best to seek Him daily, but more than a ‘Help’ often didn’t come to my lips during prayer, if I even got around to a prayer and my quiet time, which I normally took every morning at 5am, I always slept through. On the one hand, it was of course complete nonsense that I didn’t get around to it, because in the end it also just has to do with making choices. let’s be honest, when we really want to, there is always a possibility to make time for God.
We can be so overwhelmed by everyday life that we honestly think we don’t have time. That’s how I was at the time. I wanted to, but I had completely forgotten the ‘how’. The days (and half the nights) were so full that I really didn’t see a ‘how’. “How then? How am I ever supposed to make time for God with an agenda as full as it is now?” Yet, it is vital for us as Christians to seek God precisely in those moments of our weaknesses.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” - Matthew 11:28-30
It is then, in our weaknesses, that He is strong (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
When we come to Him in those moments, not only are we blessed, but we bless Him. This is what He wants us to do most: come to Him in times of trouble, in times when we are overwhelmed by the activities and worries of every day. He wants to be our strength and our resting place. However, it is up to us to close that agenda for a moment, let everything be and take time with Him.
“As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” – Luke 10:38-42
As Mary did with Jesus (Luke 10:38-42). She chose the better part; to rest at His feet and listen to what Jesus had to say, she made a conscious choice to sit there. Martha could have chosen the same, but she chose to work hard and please and take care of all the guests. Which is certainly a very important task, but when we recharge in the peace and presence of Jesus, we will be better able to carry our work and responsibilities. Only, you have to consciously choose to do so yourself.
I notice myself that I sometimes find it difficult. I am more of the one to keep going, keep going and keep going even more, just do this and just do that, and before you know it the day, week and month is over. The danger of this way is that you run yourself ragged, continuously exceed your boundaries, time with God is lost, and you start doing things on your own strength and that is exactly what will exhaust you even more.
Just like every period or season, this hectic time also came to an end, Praise the Lord, LOL, and peace returned to the ‘tent’ and to my relationship with God.
What I learned most of all is that God is our source of rest. No matter how difficult, how busy, how heavy, how many responsibilities or tasks we have; trying to take our moments of rest at the feet of Jesus is a necessity. Not that I won’t run ahead of myself in the next period, knowing myself somewhat, LOL. But practice makes perfect, right? And it is simply a process to renew our minds (Romans 12:2).
Seek God
In our own strength we can do nothing (John 15:5), and I want to encourage you; if you find yourself in a time when your agenda, your responsibilities, your family, your work or whatever, is currently consuming all your attention and time; go and seek God somewhere in that hecticness.
It doesn’t have to be hours, it can also be during a short walk or during a cup of coffee and a short meditation reading, just seeking out a moment of silence or listening to some worship music.
Those small short moments in which we can come to Jesus will build us up, recharge and refresh us so much more, no spa treatment can match that 😊.
