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Are you tired today? Well, if so, I have a word of wisdom for you. I’m giving you wisdom for the workplace, and you can have these nuggets of wisdom on some cards we’ve prepared. Then you can use the cards to remind yourself of these important principles, or you may want to give some to others who are struggling with workplace issues.
Our second wisdom for the workplace is: Remember that being tired is inevitable, but if you’re tired for the wrong reasons, then you need to take some action.
First, let me assure you that it’s okay to be tired. Jesus was often tired while he was here on earth. You remember when he went sound to sleep on the boat and a terrible storm didn’t awaken him. He was tired. We read in John 4:6 that he was tired from a long journey.
We know that Jesus understands our tired bodies and minds because he experienced all that while he took the form of man here on earth. He sympathizes with our weaknesses and the limitations we face. Just knowing that helps me a lot.
But we need to determine if we’re tired for the wrong reasons. Have you been trying to be all things to all people lately? That’s exhausting—and you can never succeed. Perhaps you’ve taken on jobs God never intended you to do, and you’re tired from trying to do too much. Maybe you’re trying to do everything to total perfection. Perfectionists are usually very tired people, trying to prove something to themselves and to the world by being perfect all the time.
You may be tired because you’ve got your priorities confused. Someone has said, “There’s always time to do God’s will,” and I think it’s true that God would never ask of us more than our bodies and minds can do without going into overload and burn-out. But when we confuse our priorities, it causes weariness and exhaustion.
Remember this important message from Isaiah 40:30-31: “Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”