[64] Taking care of yourself IS taking care of others: take care of yourself in the care of God - Wellness Wednesday

Today we are so busy, jumping from one task to the next, that we become burned out.  We are short tempered with others, we are too busy to actually live, we are running on empty. We charge our phones, we fill up our cars. What about us?

 

We need to be recharged and filled up too. But not in the world's way. Not with Netflix and alcohol, food and sex. It’s that God-shaped hole friends. 

 

Take care of yourself by filling up with God’s truth. That truly is how you can take care of others. Connect with God and refresh your spirit.  Slow down so you can hear from Him. Turn your eyes and heart to Jesus. I want Jesus to overflow from me so that means I have to fill myself up with Jesus.

 

It’s so important to take care of yourself in the care of God. That’s what Jesus was doing. He wasn’t alone. He was with His Father. 

 

Take the 40 day challenge! Put your time with God first for 40 days. 40 represents a time of testing in the Bible. Every day for 40 days, have your quiet time with God. Be intentional about it. Don’t just check it off the list. 

Two requirements:

• Pray, just talk to God. God I’m here, I’m willing to listen to your voice. 
• Read your Bible. I have a 40-day Bible reading plan for you that will take you through the Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Get your 40-Day Bible Reading Plan here:

https://www.wellnessandtheword.com/bible-reading-plans.html 

 

Scriptures mentioned:

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.

Matthew 12:34  the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

John 14:6  I am the way and the truth and the life.

Genesis 2:2  By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 

Luke 5:16  But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

Luke 6:12  One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

Luke 22:41-42  He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, ⁴² “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 

Mark 1:35  Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Mark 6: 31  Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

Matthew 14:13  When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.