Devotional: For the Woman Carrying Too Much ➞ Bring It to Jesus
Living God's Way with Kim Dolan Leto | Christian Habits, Identity in Christ, How to Walk with God Daily
Kim Dolan Leto
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🗓️ 7 February 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
When life gets loud, unclear, or unfamiliar, the most faithful move isn't figuring out what's next—it's returning to Jesus right where you are.
This short Saturday devotional is a pause.
A reminder that rest doesn't come from clarity, productivity, or answers—it comes from abiding.
In today's episode, we reflect on:
- Why coming back to Jesus matters more than figuring everything out
- How quiet moments with God can strengthen us more than we expect
- What it looks like to abide when life feels heavy or hard
- How Jesus invites us to come as we are—not perform or prove anything
Scripture reminds us:
"In returning and rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and trust shall be your strength."
— Isaiah 30:15
If you're in a season of change, waiting, or uncertainty, this devotional is an invitation to stop, return, and remain with Jesus—right where you are.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Returning comes before rest. Quiet comes before strength. So often we reverse it. Today's devotional |
| 0:08.0 | isn't about figuring out what's next. It's about returning. Returning to Jesus and season you're in. |
| 0:15.8 | No, not after it all makes sense. Not after it settles down, but right now. Welcome to the Living |
| 0:23.5 | God's Way devotional. These short devotional episodes are created with prayer to help draw |
| 0:29.7 | you back to God and anchor you in truth right where you are. Before we begin, take a breath, |
| 0:36.7 | quiet your mind, and invite God into this moment. |
| 0:39.8 | Today we are talking about returning, not returning to more productivity, not returning to routine, |
| 0:47.0 | but returning to Jesus. Let's begin with scripture. Isaiah 3015 says, in returning and rest, you shall be saved. In quietness and |
| 0:58.1 | trust shall be your strength. I want you to notice the order of that verse. Returning comes before rest. |
| 1:07.7 | Quiet comes before strength. We often reverse it. We tell ourselves, I'll return to God when |
| 1:14.6 | things calm down. I'll slow down when this season passes. I'll rest when I figure out what's next. |
| 1:22.6 | But scripture says something different. It says return first. Returning doesn't mean you've wandered away. |
| 1:31.7 | It means you've been caring more than you are meant to. And Jesus knows that. That's why he says in |
| 1:39.2 | Matthew 1128, come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. |
| 1:47.9 | Not come to me when you fix it, not come to me when you understand it, just come. |
| 1:55.6 | There is a kind of exhaustion that doesn't come from doing the wrong things. |
| 1:59.6 | It comes from doing too much without |
| 2:02.3 | abiding. John 154 says, abide in me and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, |
| 2:11.2 | neither can you unless you abide in me. Abiding doesn't rush, it doesn't strive. It doesn't announce itself. Abiding says in seasons |
| 2:22.3 | of change, the temptation is to reach outward, to scroll more, to search more, to ask more questions. |
| 2:30.3 | But the invitation of Jesus is always inward, return, abide, remain. Psalm 62 says, |
| 2:40.5 | truly my soul finds rest in God alone, not in clarity, not in answers, not in the next step, |
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