Hope For a Weary Soul

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.  Psalms 73:26

Do you ever feel worn out? Maybe it is just the mundane 9-to-5 that makes you weary. Maybe you are losing the fight against the ever-growing laundry basket. Or maybe the dishes never stop piling up. There is always something around the house that needs fixing. There always seems to be more month than paycheck. Or maybe you are feeling weary over a strained relationship. Maybe you are battling the frustration caused by injustice in this broken world. Maybe you are battling the temptation of sin, and it just seems so hard. The truth is, we all grow weary for some reason or another, and it can seem overwhelming at times. But there is hope for a weary soul.

Psalm 73 is a Psalm of Asaph, and he is weary. He is frustrated at how it seems the wicked prosper, yet the righteous suffer. But about halfway through the psalm, the tone changes. He says when he was brutish and ignorant The Lord took his hand and reminded him that he was loved by God. It says that God holds his right hand, guides him in counsel, and will receive him in glory. He had a change of perspective.
 
Sometimes we need a change of perspective as well. The truth is, we do get weary and times do get hard, but we have one who takes our right hand and is with us and reminds us that we too are blessed, not because of what we can accomplish, but because of what Jesus has done for us. It is a reminder that weariness is temporary and the things that cause it are not greater than Christ’s power.

I love the last verse of the psalm. But for me, it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.  Psalms 73:28. When weariness comes, we should draw near to God because He delights in being our refuge, and He is an all-sufficient refuge. And we get a tip on fighting weariness in the final words of the psalm. We are to tell of God’s works. When we tell not only others, but also ourselves, of how God works, it seems to make those things that cause weariness a lot more insignificant.