Worn

 

 

Somewhere in time, for several weeks actually, I have been hearing the 10^th Avenue North Song “Worn” played on the radio.  It’s very popular so I hear it many times.  I do believe the song is also resonating with people.  There are times when we all feel tired, week and worn.  Many times the circumstances around us leave us looking for rest and peace. 

It made me think of King David of Israel.  Before he was King, he was a mighty warrior.  He was a defender of his country and he served the King Saul with everything he had.  Instead of prizing his loyalty and rewarding his victories, King Saul instead become jealous and tried to kill David. 

David spent years on the run.  Hiding in caves and living off the land to avoid Saul and his armies.  When you read the Psalms David wrote during this time, you can read that he was feeling worn.  He wondered why such things would happen to him.  He had always sought to do right, but everything still went wrong.

I know in this day and age many people are feeling worn.  They married till death do they part, only to find a few years later, only one of them took the vow seriously.  Single mothers, doing their best to raise their children by themselves, find themselves alone dealing with a hurt and angry teenager.  People are fighting illness, loneliness, poverty and depression.  Maybe that is what is making the song the cry of many people.

 

Let me see redemption win
Let me know the struggle ends
That you can mend a heart that's frail and torn

I want to know a song can rise
From the ashes of a broken life
And all that's dead inside can be reborn
Cause I'm worn

 

Here is one of my favorite versus in the Bible – John 16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

This gives me hope for two reasons.  The first reason is it says in this world we will have tribulation.  It’s not something we did wrong; it’s just something that happens, at some point, to all of us.  The second reason is because Jesus has overcome the world.  He is the one that will let us see redemption win and our struggle end.  He is also the one that can take the ashes of a broken life and make something beautiful.