Exhaustion doesn’t just drain the body—it drains the will. As Clarence describes from his week of disrupted sleep and long hours, fatigue has a way of turning even the strongest resolve into quiet surrender. The phrase “fatigue makes cowards of us all” becomes painfully true when our strength is depleted, and every step forward feels heavier than the last.

Perhaps your weariness looks different.

Maybe you have been searching for a job with no success.
Maybe you’ve poured yourself into your ministry or business, seeing little fruit.
Maybe you’ve prayed faithfully, waiting for God’s answer, yet the silence continues.

Weariness, in all its forms, is familiar to every believer.

What we sometimes forget—especially during the Christmas season—is that Christ came for the weary. He came to lift the burden of sin, yes, but also to strengthen those weighed down by the pressures and disappointments of life. Isaiah reminds us that Jesus gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. His power flows most fully when we openly admit our weakness.

The beauty of God’s strength is that it does not appear when we are at our best—it appears when we finally confess we can’t keep going on our own. Acknowledging our inability positions us perfectly to receive His ability.

So while this season may tell us to hold everything together, Jesus gently says the opposite:
You don’t have to.
You don’t need to rely on your own strength.
You can come to Him exactly as you are—tired, weak, worn—and He will restore you.

When you lean on Christ, you’ll find enough strength for today, and enough hope to believe you can rise again tomorrow.

TONIGHT’S SCRIPTURE

“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”
— Isaiah 40:29

YOUR NIGHTLY PRAYER

Lord,
I’m tired. I’m tired of waiting, tired of fighting, and sometimes tired of praying. I come to You tonight because I need Your strength. I acknowledge that I cannot do this on my own. Restore me. Lift me out of my weakness and give me the strength I lack. Thank You that I can be honest before You and that Your power is always available when I call. I rest tonight knowing You have heard my prayer.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

THREE THINGS TO MEDITATE UPON

1. Don’t apologize for your weakness.
   Your weakness is the doorway through which God’s strength enters.

2. Christ’s restoration is limitless.
   Go back to Him again and again—His strength never runs out.

3. You never have to pretend.
   He sees your true condition and meets you with compassion, not disappointment.

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