I Feel Like Giving Up

Genesis 8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Every season of waiting has a morning. God remembers you, and the flood will not have the final word.

Matthew 11:28

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Come unto Him. You don't have to clean up first — His yoke is how you get cleaned up.

Genesis 16:13

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Even when you're overlooked by everyone else, God sees you in the wilderness. You are not invisible to Him.

Matthew 12:20

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Jesus does not break bruised reeds. If you're barely holding on, He holds you gently — not harshly.

Exodus 7:5

And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

Every idol Egypt worshiped, God dismantled one by one. He still tears down the false gods we've bowed to.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Religion without a heart for God is the heaviest burden of all. Let Jesus gather you — He is tender with the weary.

Exodus 17:12

But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Sometimes victory depends on the ones holding up your arms. Find your Aaron and Hur, and let them help you stand.

Mark 7:34

And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Ephphatha — be opened. Jesus still opens ears, eyes, and hearts that have been shut tight.