But I think there is also those who are seeking the Lord, who love the Lord, who are walking

with the Lord, who are, they have their prayer life, they're in the Word, but sometimes the practical

load is just too heavy. And they're not taking breaks. They're not getting refreshed.

They're not getting help.

And so they're getting burned out.

I'm talking about moms and dads and, again, people in ministry and those that serve and

those even that have jobs where it's so demanding, but they're not taking breaks.

Yeah.

And even Jesus told his disciples to come aside and rest a while.

And I mean resting and sleeping and taking naps, we if somebody takes one of those,

it's like we almost think like they're unspiritual. You know, but Jesus took a nap.

There's the necessity to get as much rest and sleep as you possibly can to get the energy that you need

to do the work that God is calling you to do. So we need to rest. Rest is a good thing. We start

talking about burnout. Where does the burnout come from? Maybe you're not resting in the Lord

and you're trying to carry the load that the Lord is meant to carry, and you get burnout because

it's an ungrateful job, ungrateful position. Have you ever gone to an abortion mill?

Yeah. And then you try to minister there. Can you think of anything that is more ungrateful

on the people ministering there? They don't want you there. They don't want you there.

You don't want to be there. And so many people in the pews

seaves themselves primarily as slaves,

rather as sons and daughters, adopted.

As J.I. Packer says,

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