Too tired

Today in church my dad was speaking and he was talking about the Mount of Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36). He mentioned one point that made me say “hey that’s me!” as he spoke about the Mount of Transfiguration he started talking about the disciples, Peter, John, and James (the sons of thunder) during this great phenomenal moment of their lives where Mose and Elijah are there, these disciples are "too tired." In verse 32, “Peter and the others were very sleepy, but when they awoke fully, they saw the glory of Jesus and the two men standing with him.” The disciples were doing what? They were sleeping. I don’t know about you but for the longest time my life has been feeling drained and even when God is in my midst I'm like these disciples, I'm sleeping! I started thinking to myself about ministry. Ministry is hard work, because we always want to bring excellence in the things of God. But as we work harder and harder we may tend to lose focus of what Jesus is doing, what he is revealing, what he is saying. I cant let my passion for ministry take away my passion for Jesus. These disciples walked with Jesus, they were his right hand men, they worked side by side in Jesus’ mobile ministry but in the moment of revelation they were too tired and too weak to capture that revelation. It wasn’t until these men “awoke” that they were able to see what was in front of them and they were able to hear God’s voice. I heard this saying, “you can be busy doing the right things, but still be wrong.” I don’t think that Jesus’ intention for ministry is for us to be too busy that we neglect him. Ministry without Jesus is a slow death. Remember, that without Jesus I am nothing and have nothing. As hard as it may seem I (we) have to awaken from our deep sleep and look at what Jesus has for us.