Oswald Chambers Daily Devotional – Utmost for His Highest 9 February 2025 Topic: Are You Spiritually Exhausted?

Are You Spiritually Exhausted?

By Oswald Chambers

The everlasting God . . . will not grow tired or weary. — Isaiah 40:28

When we are physically exhausted, it’s as though all our strength and vitality have left us. Spiritual exhaustion is similar: we feel as though we’ve come to the end of our ability to be of service to God. This kind of tiredness never arises through sin, always through service, and it happens when we’re getting our supply from the wrong source.

Jesus told Peter, “Feed my sheep” (John 21:17), but he didn’t give Peter anything to feed them with. The nourishment was Peter himself. He had to be made broken bread and poured-out wine for souls who hadn’t yet learned to draw directly on God. We must offer ourselves like this as well, because other souls must draw from us before they draw directly on the Lord. But we must be very careful about where we find our own nourishment. If we don’t get it from God, before long we will be completely exhausted.

Have you betrayed yourself into exhaustion by the way you’ve been serving God? Continually go back to your motivations and examine the source of their power. If you find yourself saying, “Oh, God, I’m so exhausted,” remember that he saved and sanctified you in order to exhaust you. Exhaust yourself in service for God, but remember to take your supply from him: “All my fountains are in you” (Psalm 87:7).

Leviticus 6-7; Matthew 25:1-30

Wisdom from Oswald

If there is only one strand of faith amongst all the corruption within us, God will take hold of that one strand

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