In this stressful season, you cannot spare time to indulge the luxury of avoidance. When you feel tired, rest; when you feel the urge for escapism, resist. This is not too difficult for you. Turn to the Lord each time you feel that restless sense of being overwhelmed or overtired.
It is natural to pull one’s hand back from a thorn prick. God does not chastise you for recoiling from the discomfort of stress, but He does want you to handle it differently. Do not hide from it. Take a step back, yes, but let that step bring you into His arms. Don’t hide.
Your tendency is to sit down between the stress and God's solace and cover your head. Flee to the Lord if you must flee, or stand firm and trust His deliverance; but when you run from the stress take care that you do not also hide your face from the Lord your God.
Scripture: "...they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, 'Where are you?'" (Genesis 3:8-9)
"If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers..." (John 15:6).
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