Times of Refreshing!

Last week was filled with opportunities and challenges. I spent a lot of time reflecting on decisions and next moves in my life. Also, I reached out to key mentors for insights and feedback on how I can improve and achieve more. I am so grateful for great coaches and mentors in my life. I walk away from every conversation armed and empowered with new information to shift my life. Prior to these conversations I was feeling really fatigued and frustrated around strategy for two key projects that I want to accomplish. However, by the time the conversation was over I was fueled and focused on exactly what action steps I needed to take to get the results that I want. Coaching and mentoring has been pivotal to my success.

Are you feeling fatigued? Do you feel like you are living in incessant cycles of frustration? When was the last time you felt refreshed? While it is good to be renewed in your vision, it is also vitally important that you are renewed on a consistent basis. So many times we get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of life. We put more and more projects on our calendars and we find ourselves stressed, frustrated and drained. I was feeling drained emotionally, physically and psychologically. My first thought was maybe I need to check my schedule and rearrange my priorities. However, I soon realized that it was deeper than scheduling. It was even deeper than simply getting more rest. The fatigue that I was feeling was spiritual. As the pressures in the world have intensified we must retreat to a place of deeper prayer and meditation. We need rest and relaxation. However, we also need to be refreshed. Refresh means to give new strength of energy to. It literally means to revive and restore. I came out of that intense time of prayer and meditation revived. In that moment all the strength that had seeped out of me was restored and I felt empowered and energized. Health, nutrition and rest all play a vital role in our energy level. Nothing reenergizes you like tapping into the Spirit. The battles of today require new strength. The wars of today require new weapons. Not physical weapons but spiritual weapons. The only way that you will not breakdown or burnout in this season is to get refreshed. To neglect the spirit is to live void of the fuel you need to fight and win.

In closing, I have been feeling so energized. I had been feeling so exhausted lately. It wasn’t about getting more sleep or changing my plans. It was about coming to the awareness that the strength of God is perfected in our moments of weakness. It was coming to the understanding that if I will go to the rock that is higher than I then I can experience refreshing. You want to know what you need right now? You need to be refreshed. You have been feeling weak, weary and worn out. Doubt and despondency has tried to creep into your heart. What you need to do is to retreat to the secret place and get refueled. Please hear my heart when I say this. It is not that you are not already nurturing your spirit. It is just that we are facing the greatest spiritual battle of any generation. We must take up residence in the realm where power and possibilities abound. I believe that new life is coming into you even now. You are getting new strength. You are getting refueled and reenergized. Times of refreshing have come!

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