Filling the empty jug
Filling the empty jug
30 August 2022
Alison Templar: National Prayer Focus ‘Salvos Field Guide’ Day 10.
Day 10 – National Prayer Focus 2022
“Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you” Psalm 55:22.
The psalm makes it sound so simple, and yet it can be so hard. The needs of our community are relentless, and some days it feels like we are being asked to pour from an empty jug.
Compassion fatigue is something altogether different though. The challenge of listening and responding to stories of hardship and injustice over and over again without becoming jaded or overwhelmed is real. Emotional and spiritual exhaustion need much more than a good night’s sleep to overcome.
Even Jesus felt the need to take the disciples to a quiet place to rest (Mark 6:31).
So, what are we to do in the face of unrelenting needs? That empty jug has to be filled. However great the need of our communities, our need to find that quiet place, to be still and allow Jesus to sustain us, is equally great. Our call is to work with Jesus, and that means choosing to allow him to work with us.
Excerpt from The National Prayer Focus Salvos Field Guide daily devotions.
The Salvation Army Australia’s National Prayer Focus 2022 is based on the book Jesus Centered: Focusing on Jesus in a Distracted World by Steve Brown.
The Salvation Army Australia’s National Prayer Focus 2022 will be a powerful time of connection, rejuvenation and joy as we seek God and seek good together.
The National Prayer Focus ‘Salvos Field Guide’ daily devotions and corresponding nightly online meetings will provide a deep and valuable prayer resource as we walk forward into the future.
For National Prayer Focus 2022 resources, including the guide, click here
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