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I think you've all experienced the feeling being tired. I can remember several times in college literally holding my eyelids open with my fingers during class because I was so tired. Can I get an amen to anyone who has been there? Actually now that I think about it there is a video of me falling asleep in class and my teacher hitting the table really hard to wake me up haha, go check it out: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=535938618108&subj=54601437. Anyways, it is a natural thing to become tired. Everyone gets to this point...some people more than others, but there is no getting around the fact we will become tired. Why am I being so redundant? Because in Isaiah 40:29-31 God says: "He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." Now does this mean God is some super awesome steroid we can call on during athletic events? When we're hitting the wall in the fourth quarter can we just look to God for some of his Holy juice and we'll be good to go for another hour? I think you know the answer to that (or at least I hope you do)...of course you can, I hit that stuff up all the time! Just kidding. What God is saying is he sovereign (in control) of all physical processes great and small. He can start, stop, or reverse anything that happens in nature or inside of us. How does this apply? When you're throwing everything you've got into your relationship with God and doing what you think He wants you to do you will eventually become tired...maybe even exhausted; however, God says there nothing to worry about it because He will restore us. He will renew our strength and we will soar on wings. Now that sounds like Red Bull times 1,000. In summary, throw your all into loving God and loving others and watch God renew you daily (2 Corinthians 4:16).