June 2nd, 2026
by Pastor Michael Goins
by Pastor Michael Goins
Today’s Promise
Scripture: Isaiah 40:28-31
Devotional:
Exhaustion is one of the most honest feelings a person can have. For some of us, we hide it or deny it. It is the body and soul confessing what the mind sometimes tries to negotiate: I don’t have enough left for this. Whether it’s a grief that has dragged on longer than you expected, a responsibility that feels too heavy for your shoulders, or a spirit worn thin by fighting battles that never seem to end, the weariness is real. And it deserves to be named, not pushed down. Ignoring the signs don’t make it go away. Please grab this unfortunate truth, you can’t push through weariness.
Isaiah wrote these words to a people who had every reason to be spent. They had watched their city fall. They had been carried into a foreign land. They had prayed, and waited, and wondered if God was still paying attention. And God’s response, through the prophet, was not a lecture about trying harder. It was a tender and powerful declaration, I see your weakness and I am not put off by it. I am the source of what you need.
Notice the progression in verse 31:
They soar (the big, dramatic bursts of strength)
They run (the endurance, sustained effort over time)
They walk (the slow, ordinary faithfulness of just putting one foot in front of the other)
God’s renewal isn’t only for the dramatic moments of great strength. It is available in the long journeys, the miserable middle of the hard seasons when soaring feels impossible and you’re just trying to put one foot in front of the other.
You do not have to pretend you’re fine. You are allowed to be tired. What you are not required to do is stay tired forever. There is a strength available to you that is not manufactured from willpower or caffeine or sheer determination. It flows from the One who spoke the universe into existence and He is offering it to you today, not when you get your act together, but right now, in your weariness.
The invitation from heaven is this, wait upon the Lord. The Hebrew word here is, Qavah, which is an invitation to connect with God as in a twisting affect. There is rest in Him!
Reflection:
In what area of your life do you most need renewed strength right now? Are you trying to push through in your own power, or are you leaning into God’s?
Scripture: Isaiah 40:28-31
Devotional:
Exhaustion is one of the most honest feelings a person can have. For some of us, we hide it or deny it. It is the body and soul confessing what the mind sometimes tries to negotiate: I don’t have enough left for this. Whether it’s a grief that has dragged on longer than you expected, a responsibility that feels too heavy for your shoulders, or a spirit worn thin by fighting battles that never seem to end, the weariness is real. And it deserves to be named, not pushed down. Ignoring the signs don’t make it go away. Please grab this unfortunate truth, you can’t push through weariness.
Isaiah wrote these words to a people who had every reason to be spent. They had watched their city fall. They had been carried into a foreign land. They had prayed, and waited, and wondered if God was still paying attention. And God’s response, through the prophet, was not a lecture about trying harder. It was a tender and powerful declaration, I see your weakness and I am not put off by it. I am the source of what you need.
Notice the progression in verse 31:
They soar (the big, dramatic bursts of strength)
They run (the endurance, sustained effort over time)
They walk (the slow, ordinary faithfulness of just putting one foot in front of the other)
God’s renewal isn’t only for the dramatic moments of great strength. It is available in the long journeys, the miserable middle of the hard seasons when soaring feels impossible and you’re just trying to put one foot in front of the other.
You do not have to pretend you’re fine. You are allowed to be tired. What you are not required to do is stay tired forever. There is a strength available to you that is not manufactured from willpower or caffeine or sheer determination. It flows from the One who spoke the universe into existence and He is offering it to you today, not when you get your act together, but right now, in your weariness.
The invitation from heaven is this, wait upon the Lord. The Hebrew word here is, Qavah, which is an invitation to connect with God as in a twisting affect. There is rest in Him!
Reflection:
In what area of your life do you most need renewed strength right now? Are you trying to push through in your own power, or are you leaning into God’s?
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