Feeling drained and powerless? Read this.

The good and bad thing about having an old phone is obviously saving money -but unfortunately my battery only has about 30 to 45 minute radius.

I’m having a constantly be aware of power sources around me or bringing battery packs pretty much everywhere I go.

At the gym - look for the machines that have the cord - at the park I put my phone on, “do not disturb” and use a battery pack so I can save it for emergencies situations.

I begin to realize how dependent I was on a power source to even function on a daily life.

Then I realized what a great spiritual analogy for how we should live our lives. We should be connected to the Fathet not just weekly at church, but daily through prayer, and getting wisdom about normal-every-day occurrences.

This is how the believer bears fruit in season and has roots that can handle any storm.

So, if you’re feeling drained, powerless, we were never meant to hold an entire emotional and mental battery charge for a whole week. So however, you need to get plugged in and reset, make the discipline to do that today and every day.

Welcome to the upside down Kingdom

Welcome to the upside Kingdom.

Christ calls us to daily pick up our Cross of sacrifice of humiliation of servanthood daily

Serve people

Have our lives focus on the mission of the Kingdom.

Put ourselves last-

Make other people feel more important.

Take the last seat- as opposed to the first seat.

And literally give up every single thing that we desire and need in our lives for the sake of His will.

And that is something that I never really thought through until I became a mother.

You are literally losing your body, your identity, your sleep, your career.

You literally have to give up all of it.

Your entire self.

Especially for stay-at-home moms- you have to clean up messes that you didn't make.

You have to clean up trash that you didn't make.

You have to literally be the place of a servant for years- with no thanks.

All day, all you hear is crying and whining and complaining.

And you have to just do it all with a good attitude.

You have to do it with a heart of humility.

You have to do it with happiness.

You have to serve with joy and with patience.

Because that little human that you brought into the world - is watching you -your actions and looking at every single choice that you do.

That deep sacrifice mentality is something that I never had ever experienced before becoming a mother.

And it sounds great on paper to follow the way of the Cross and the follow the Kingdom of God.

But until you actually get to be in that position-that everything that you want, you don't get to do-

every desire that you want, you don't get to do and you have to literally give up everything.

Your body and time for the Love of this tiny human, and for your marriage and all those things that go into true God-honoring relationships.

This servant-hood agape love thought process is  something that I have really had to work on for over a decade since having kids and since being married.

And you would think that after, being with the Lord since 12 years old, that I would be a pro at following the Bible- following the things that God wants and really understanding the Way - but this is literally something that I've had to relearn, coach and reteach myself.

This has really come up while

homeschooling for the last 12 years.

Now, I'm at the point where I'm like, “okay God, what do you want me to do?”

Like, I can't even have Ambitions anymore.

I am definitely a type “A” personality.

So it's very easy for me to make plans and have Ambitions and have goals.

Now since obeying God- I can't do any of the stuff I planned for my life.

It has been very difficult and very hard sometimes to do that and to really lean into that.

And I know not everybody is called to that life.

This is a radical form of living for our family- and God has really had to work on my heart the last decade.

It’s hilarious, that now when I watch other people's kids, (now I'm starting to homeschool other people's kids on the side or do after-school care for other people that don't have affordable child care)- that's the number one thing I hear is like, wow, “you're so patient.”

It’s because I’ve had to exercise that muscle of patience and servanthood for over a decade!

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So is there an area that God is working with you on?

We would love to hear!

God never said that He wouldn’t give you more than you can handle

“God will never give you more than you can handle”

Is probably one of the most out-of-context phrases that Christians can use.

Not only is this verse about temptation, Christians tend to use it about the daily stresses of life. (See 1 Corinthians 10:13)

I am a firm believer that God gives us more than we can handle on the daily so that we can trust Him and rely on the Holy Spirit.

If we had to constantly rely on our own strength and our own ability, it would be really hard and the pressure would get too great.

Even King David, in a moment of weakness, made a decision that would cost him His kingdom- if he would have asked for help from God, the Bathsheba incident would’ve never happened. (2 Samuel 11)

Time after time in scripture, we see characters in the Bible, trying to do things on their own without being completely reliant on God for everything.

So, if you’re feeling, overwhelmed, overworked, and completely stressed out, do what the apostle Paul states- “I rejoice in my weakness… so that Christ’s power can rest on me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Be completely dependent on God today