The Cure For Burnoutናሙና

Let God live His life through you

Most people that burn out do so because they fix their minds not on God but on their troubles. To avoid or overcome burnout, you should turn your thoughts to God. When you do this, you open up your mind and your emotions to Him. When we turn our thoughts to God and begin to contemplate Him in our thinking, we are turning our attention to Him. 

The more we look for answers through God's principles, through His word, the more we become acquainted with Him and peace will come. "How do you acquaint yourself with God? Well, think of Him and His kindness, His watchful care, His compassion, His understanding. When God gives quietness, who can make trouble? 

Another practical tip is to repeat to yourself self-healing passages from the Bible. These verses have a tremendous emotional effect on us. For instance, Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” That is a healing passage. He also said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Allow at least 15 minutes towards the end of each day to spend in quietness and then let the past be the past.

We become tired because our thoughts are tired, and something we have to do to avoid tiredness is to stop complaining, because that will drain our energy. When complaining stops, energy comes back. We need to stop saying things like, “I got so much to do,” “I'm swamped,” “I'm worn out,” “I'm so tired.” Stop talking that way. Let us be grateful for all we have received from Him.

The centerpiece of the Bible is life. Jesus came so we might have life and have it more abundantly. Life means vitality, energy, excitement, enthusiasm. Most of the time, when burnout is about to happen, we have been moving at a radical pace over months or even years—a pace far beyond what God moves and does. God has an unhurried pace. When we move at the pace of the culture around us, it creates nervousness, tension, and stress—all of which will lead to burnout. When God created man, the Bible says that he breathed into him the breath of life. Therefore, for this quality of life to flow in and through us, it is vital that we learn to move at God's pace. How do we do that? The only way I know is to daily practice the presence of Jesus Christ. In other words, when you wake up in the morning take at least 10 minutes to invite the presence of Jesus Christ into everything you do and enjoy His life within you, which will never make you burn out. 

This material came from our audio message on burn out go to our website for the download: robcarman.com