If You’re Tired and Worn Out, Jesus Is Like Sweet Nectar
Are you thirsty? Do you feel tired, dry, and worn out, like you’re just barely eking out an existence?
If so, I have a wonderful word of encouragement for you today: Jesus is like sweet nectar for your spirit, and He wants to bring you times of refreshing in His presence right now.
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The backstory:
I woke up this morning with these words in my head: “Jesus is like sweet nectar.” And I saw a picture of a nectar-drinking bird, like a hummingbird. (The little guy in the photo at left is a male scarlet honeyeater, but he drinks nectar too.)
This vision and these words really moved me because, so often, I feel like I’m expending all the energy I possess just to get through life:
- My work week can be draining sometimes, and I spend a lot of time volunteering at church.
- That’s not to mention being a wife first and foremost, taking care of my home, and trying to pay attention to my health.
- Then there are all the people that I love and desire to pour into from week to week.
So often, by Friday night, I feel like I have nothing left to give.
Do you ever feel the same way–dry, drained, tired, and worn out?
Maybe you feel that way right now. Between caring for your family, working at your job(s), going to church, getting groceries, mowing the lawn … the list never ends. You may feel overwhelmed, discouraged, and drained.
But look at the photo of the gorgeous bird above. Just like you and me, this beautiful bird uses an incredible amount of energy just to get through life. But the difference is that this little guy knows the secret of renewal. He knows how to replenish himself.
How does he replenish himself? His secret is this: he stops and drinks nectar.
He doesn’t consume boring food; only the sweetest nectar will do. He would love the sugary nectar you might put in your bird feeder! It restores him. It refuels him. It gives him the energy he needs to keep going strong.
And for you and me, when we get tired, Jesus is like sweet nectar. He is the replenishment for our souls.
He is the sweetness we require in order to get back up and go again. And when we drink Him in, He refuels us and makes everything right again.
That’s why John 7:37 says tells us:
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.'”
Can’t you imagine Jesus standing in the temple, looking at all the tired, hopeless masses of people? Israel had been looking for their Messiah for thousands of years. The prophets were no longer speaking. John the Baptist–the first prophetic voice in four hundred years–had been killed.
The Israelites and Gentiles alike were dry and weary. They desperately needed a drink. And Jesus was the Solution they were looking for, but they didn’t even know it.
Can’t you see Jesus looking at these people with such compassion, seeing their dryness and thirst? Can’t you see Him standing up and crying out, with passion and perhaps a little bit of frustration too: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink!”
It was the cry of His heart. He was offering renewal, hope, energy, and restoration to worn-out people.
And Jesus is still offering to renew, restore, feed, and energize you today.
Jesus is the sweet nectar my soul longs for. When I come to Him and drink, He replenishes all of the energy that I have used up. I give Him everything that was wrong, and He gives me everything that is right.
The Holy Spirit gave me a new song recently that says:
I want to take another drink of You
I want to see another vision of Your beauty
I want to take another drink of You
I want to feel Your arms and Your embrace.
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Drinking of Jesus is what life is all about. I can’t get enough of Jesus, can you?
I want to take another drink of Him, and another, and another. How about you? Are you thirsty? Do you feel worn out, discouraged, dry, or hopeless? If so, won’t you come to Jesus and drink today?
Get alone with this sweet Lover of your soul. Open up your Bible and read His words in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Drink in His very nature. The words that Jesus speaks are spirit, and they are life (John 6:63). As you read His words, He will renew and refresh your spirit!
Related: Ready To Feel Alive Again? and When Loving Your Sheep Hurts (my story of healing from betrayal in ministry).
Jesus is like sweet nectar for your soul. If you will come to Him and drink, He will make you new.
No matter how tired you have been, Jesus give you the courage you need to triumph today. He’ll put the light back in your eyes and the spring back in your step. The cry of His heart, uttered two thousand years ago, is still for you today. “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink!”
Are you ready to take a long, deep drink?
Does this word speak to your heart today? If so, please leave a comment below. I love to hear from you!
this was absolutely beautiful and inspiring for me. I have recently been through a very hard time, but very necessary for the next step with me and God. But I need prayer for complete restoration to God. Thank you. Keep writing. I can tell the lord uses you and you allow him!
Praise God! Patrice, I’m so happy Papa blessed your spirit. I’m just hearing, “Call unto Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things that you do not know.” (Jeremiah 33:3) God wants nothing more than to be your EVERYTHING in life. He loves you so much. And remember that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Complete restoration to God is only a prayer away through the blood of Jesus. May He fill you up, wash you clean in every area, fill you with His Holy Spirit, and restore your peace, joy, hope, courage, and intimacy with Him right now today!
Have a wonderful day! Thank you for reading my blog! 🙂
As a person with chronic illness that is so fatigued and at the end of the rope, this message really speaks to my heart. We feel God has led us to move overseas for my treatment, and are just waiting for God to provide a job so we can move there. One thing I have been struggling with when receiving Gods rest is, can I “mess up” Gods plan for my life? Obviously when we sin etc we aren’t in Gods perefect will and there’s consequence, but as far as His individual plan for our life, can we mess that up when we make wrong decisions, or does His grace cover all of that, too?
Jennifer, I’m so glad this post encouraged you. I thought about your question, and I believe the answer is simply “God.” He has promised to take care of us and add all good things to us if we seek Him with all our hearts, and seek Him first. Yes, there is accountability. We need to ask God for wisdom and He will give it to us. We are responsible for making the choice to seek God and obey. But He will help us even do that, if we will ask Him to. And if we keep our focus on Him, we will never need to worry about messing up His plan for our lives. We’ll be too full of Him for worry, and with that closeness comes trust and rest in Him.
My daughter in law posted to my Facebook page, thanks for the word in due season, most of my adult life has been spent, tired, worn and weary, maybe I’ll finally get it right
Thank you for reading, Donna. I pray our good, good Father would touch you and refresh your soul today.
I have been feeling depleted and worn. God placed sweet nectar on my heart during my alone time. I cried out to him and “Sweet Nectar” is what I received! I googled and landed on your page. Everything here was exactly what I needed. God lead me here to let me know he is the one who fill me when I need to be filled. No one else will love me the way he does. He knows me like no one else. God is sweeter than sweet and keeps me thirsting after him!
Yes! I am DEFINITELY ready for a nice looooooong drink!
Awesome! Go for it, Queen! And thank you for reading today and being hungry for Jesus!
I am so tired of everything especially my work. Lord oh I have my work, every morning when I have to wake up and come here I feel like sleep and never wakeup again. I want to read the word of God but I don’t even know when to start, if I take a bible I get tired worse. I am a leader of youth at my church but that is tiring me too. I really feel so worn out.
How beautiful! Jesus IS the sweet nectar of my life. He quenches my thirst. He is my energy drink. He is food for my soul. Blessings to all.