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\u201cWhere to Find Strength When You\u2019re Tired\u201d – Mark 1 & Isaiah 40\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Introduction: Labels<\/h4>\n

There are a lot of labels floating around out there in our world – racist, introvert, hypocrite, homophobic, arrogant, sarcastic, self-centered, bossy, and the list goes on. There are some positive labels, too, but the negative ones are hurtful, and often stick. For example, the term \u2018racist\u2019 is one that has received a lot of press in the last year or so from many different angles and in many different contexts, and it has the potential to colour a person\u2019s entire life, and maybe career, and maybe even relationships with others in a negative way.<\/p>\n

Would you do something for me? Take a minute right now, consider the label \u2018workaholic,\u2019 and type in the comment section what characteristics make someone a \u2018workaholic.\u2019 Keep listening while you type, but give me something to work with in a moment or so.<\/p>\n

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1. A \u2018workaholic\u2019 pastor?<\/h4>\n

It was probably about 5 or 6 years ago now that I was called a \u2018workaholic.\u2019 It was a label that was spontaneously and figuratively posted on my forehead like a verbal sticky note. Fortunately, there wasn\u2019t anyone else within earshot to have their opinion of me affected by that verbal sticky note.<\/p>\n

Oh\u2026 self-disclosure\u2026 this past week, I caught myself verbally sticky-noting a person with a label, and that person wasn\u2019t even around to defend himself. We all do it, don\u2019t we? Labels aren\u2019t helpful, they pigeon-hole a person with a certain character based on the impression that someone else has of that label and what it means. The label may not be entirely true. It may not be true at all.<\/p>\n

Let me give you some context about my \u2018workaholic\u2019 label.<\/p>\n

Where did this happen? Right out there in the entrance area of our church.<\/p>\n

Who imposed this label? A Christian man that I respect – younger than me by 10 years or so; I have known him for about 30 years; never been part of a church I have served; never lived in the same community as me; has little experience with how I work, or how much I work or what I do on a daily or weekly basis. We had had a brief conversation of just a few minutes, and there were probably 3 or 4 specific sentences on which he based his conclusion. He cast that label on me just before walking out the doors and leaving, so I had no chance for rebuttal or to defend myself. That label, that opinion of me, has bothered me off and on over these years. You see, I don\u2019t consider myself a workaholic.<\/p>\n

I can focus, I can be diligent, I know what there is to do, and I do it. I can be task-oriented. Sometimes I spread myself thin. I hold myself accountable. I try to fulfill the expectations that you have for me as your pastor. But am I a workaholic?<\/p>\n

What makes someone a workaholic? Let me have a look at some of your answers\u2026<\/p>\n

[READ answers from live comment section.]<\/p>\n

A lot of those things are NOT me. I might resemble some of those remarks, sometimes. Maybe you do, too. If you\u2019re driven, if you\u2019re passionate, if you\u2019re task-oriented more than relationship-oriented, if you can really put your head down and focus – well, then, someone might stick that \u2018workaholic\u2019 label on your forehead, too.<\/p>\n

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2. Was Jesus a \u2018workaholic?\u2019<\/h4>\n

So, have you ever thought\u2026 Was Jesus a workaholic? Boy, if you read Mark 1, it sure sounds like it – immediately He left the synagogue and went to Simon\u2019s house where He healed Peter\u2019s mother-in-law of a fever, then all kinds of people – the sick and demon-possessed – came by the house, at sundown, and He healed them all. The whole city!! Well, probably not literally the whole city\u2026 but a goodly crowd. He was as busy as… a doctor… during a pandemic!!<\/p>\n

It seemed like he burned the candle at both ends!! Verse 32 talks about His healings well into the evening, and verse 35 sees Him \u201crising very early in the morning, while it was still dark,\u201d and then verse 39 adds that He \u201cwent throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.\u201d Does that sound like a workaholic? It definitely has some of those characteristics. But then remember, I said that labels aren\u2019t necessarily helpful, or true.<\/p>\n

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3. Where did Jesus find strength?<\/h4>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0a. In prayer<\/h4>\n

Perhaps a better question to ask today is: where did Jesus find strength to do all those things? And the answer is found in three little words. Let\u2019s finish reading verse 35: \u201cRising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and [here come the three words!] THERE HE PRAYED.\u201d There He prayed. Did He get up very early to head in to the office and start His work day?? No, He got up very early to pray, to find strength as He connected with His Father in heaven. That\u2019s what Jesus did to find strength.<\/p>\n

This wasn\u2019t just an isolated event or occurrence. If we read the Gospels, especially Luke, we see that Jesus often went somewhere to pray – physically distanced from people and the hustle and bustle of ministry responsibilities, but physically present with the heavenly Father, and getting rest and spiritual renewal.<\/p>\n

His ministry started that way. He spent forty days in the wilderness. We know that that was the period during which He was tempted by the devil. But the accounts of that temptation in Matthew and Luke also tell us that Jesus fasted during those forty days. In the Jewish spiritual disciplines, fasting was accompanied with prayer. So, we have a very real sense that those forty days were a time of prayer and preparation for the demands of His ministry which was about to begin.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0b. In the synagogue (Word)<\/h4>\n

We also know that it was the custom of Jesus to spend time in the synagogue on the Sabbath Day. In fact, that\u2019s where today\u2019s Gospel reading began and ended. It began with Jesus and the disciples leaving the Capernaum synagogue, and ended with Jesus preaching in the synagogues throughout all of Galilee. The Sabbath was a day, and the synagogue was a place to connect with both the community of faith, and with God and His Word. Jesus found strength there, too.<\/p>\n

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4. Jesus\u2019 mission \u2013 defeat the devil<\/h4>\n

Instead of considering Jesus\u2019 actions in terms of work, it is more valuable and more appropriate to think about Jesus\u2019 actions in terms of His mission. Last week, we heard how Jesus\u2019 mission was to bring the Kingdom of God near to people, and an essential part of that was the undoing and dismantling and destroying of the devil\u2019s afflictions in and influence on people\u2019s lives. Jesus came into this world to say to the devil\u2019s evil impact on every person\u2019s life: \u201cCome out of him, come out of her!\u201d\u00a0 He came to restore us to a right and holy and pure relationship with God. Ultimately, Jesus brought the Kingdom of God near to us by His suffering and death on the cross. It\u2019s there, and with authority, that He defeated the devil once and for all. It\u2019s there that Jesus says to our sin, \u201cCome out of him, come out of her!\u201d That was Jesus\u2019 passion, that was what He was driven to do, to accomplish, until He could say from the cross, \u201cIt is finished!\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, you can be assured – beyond a shadow of doubt – that you are healed of your sin-sickness, that you are forgiven of all your sins, that you are whole and holy and righteous in God\u2019s eyes, that one day Jesus will take you by the hand – like He did for Peter\u2019s mother-in-law – and raise you up to eternal life. What a day that will be!!<\/p>\n

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5. Where do YOU find strength?<\/h4>\n

\u00a0 a. \u201cWaiting on the Lord\u201d in prayer<\/h4>\n

Now that\u2019s our future\u2026 we can be confident of that. But we still have the present to live through. And the question comes to us\u2026 where do YOU find strength when you\u2019re tired, when you\u2019re weary, when you feel like you\u2019ve been burning the candle at both ends. Maybe these covid days haven\u2019t seen you burning the candle at both ends. On the other hand, maybe they have.<\/p>\n

Although I couldn\u2019t find the exact source, apparently Martin Luther admitted that when he had a particularly busy day, he would get up early to spend more time – as much as three hours – with God in prayer. Yeah, I somehow don\u2019t do that\u2026 not three hours a day in prayer\u2026 I guess I mustn\u2019t be a very good Luther-an pastor!<\/p>\n

But Luther\u2019s practice does make a point that Jesus had first made in Mark 1 – when there is lots to do, there is lots to pray. And if you\u2019re tired and weary, you will find that that time spent in prayer does bring refreshment and renewal.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the Isaiah 40 passage was so nicely paired with our Gospel reading today. First, it reminds us that the Lord is the everlasting God and the creator of all things. Then it states that He does not faint or grow weary. It goes on to acknowledge that youth and young men can become weary and exhausted with the day\u2019s duties. But then it points to the source of our strength in any day\u2019s battle with temptation, fatigue, and mental exhaustion, and that source of strength is \u201cwaiting on the Lord,\u201d or some Bible translations say \u201choping in the Lord.\u201d Like Jesus, like Luther, those times of prayer and connection with God and His people are the antidote to being weary, to being tired, to stumbling, and falling, and fainting. Those times enable you to soar on wings like eagles – at least spiritually, with joy and contentment, with peace and hope in your heart despite whatever storm may be brewing in your life. In fact, the song \u201cGrace Got You\u201d by Mercy Me has a wonderful Gospel lyric in the second verse: \u201cSo when you’re standin\u2019 in the rain again You might as well be dancin\u2019, why? \u2019Cause there ain\u2019t no storm that can change how this ends.\u201d That\u2019s true, isn\u2019t it\u2026 nothing in our lives can change what Jesus did for us on the cross. And that gives us what St. Paul calls \u201cthe peace that passes all understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

You might think or even feel that the storms of life – whether they are temptations or hardships or broken relationships or sickness or the worst sin you have ever sinned – you might feel like they disconnect you from God. I like the way Philip Yancey wrote about it in his book What\u2019s So Amazing About Grace?<\/u> He writes that one lecturer in spirituality explained it this way: \u201cGod in heaven holds each person by a string. When you sin, you cut the string. Then God ties it up again, making a knot – and thereby bringing you a little closer to Him. Again and again your sins cut the string – and with each further knot God keeps drawing you closer and closer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0 b. Jesus\u2019 invitation: \u201cI will give you rest.\u201d<\/h4>\n

In Matthew\u2019s Gospel, we hear Jesus\u2019 own words of wisdom for those who are troubled by life\u2019s hardships. He invites: \u201cCome 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.\u201d In those words, Jesus is pointing us to where we can find strength and sustenance when life gets us down. We find that strength in Jesus who takes and bears our burdens for us.<\/p>\n

The image of the yoke refers to oxen who are pulling a plow or a cart. Jesus says that the burden of keeping the religious rules and regulations is heavy and burdensome, but the yoke that Jesus lays upon us is sweet and light, for it refers to being yoked with Him to the Gospel of forgiveness and salvation, the Gospel of grace.<\/p>\n

That means Jesus\u2019 invitation is simply to come to Him and find rest. Maybe that\u2019s early in the morning – three hours before you have to go to work – or maybe it\u2019s late at night when sleep eludes you.\u00a0 Maybe these covid days have been rather dull and monotonous and repetitive and they haven\u2019t seen you burning the candle at both ends. On the other hand, maybe they have. Regardless of which is true for you, find time, make time to be renewed and refreshed and restored and strengthened for your daily life by spending precious moments with God in prayer, and Bible reading, and worship. There you will find strength for your soul.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s come back to our first consideration of labels and workaholics. Let me just remind you that labels are not helpful. In fact, they are often harmful as they paint all who carry that label with the same broad brush stroke. And if people do stick an unwanted and maybe inappropriate verbal sticky-note label on your forehead, don\u2019t let bitterness and resentment consume you, but rather spend time in God\u2019s Word and in prayer to find strength to change that person\u2019s opinion of you, and to be the person that God wants you to be. And Jesus\u2026 well, I don\u2019t believe He was a workaholic. He enjoyed being with people, as is evidenced by the number of times that He was caught eating with people, developing relationships and caring for them in their times of need. He was focused on His mission – to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God, to live out that good news of the Kingdom of God, to destroy the works of the evil one, and to accomplish your salvation. And that is the good news, the best news ever that, even when we are physically tired, can bring us the rest we need for our souls. Amen.<\/p>\n

[Refer to words of opening Hymn # 906]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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