How God wants you to organize your life so you don’t burn out

You can be doing good things… and God looks at you and says: what you’re doing is not good.

You pray, you serve, you help, you work. But your heart is tired. Your body is worn out. Your home is falling apart. And God says: what you’re doing, and the way you’re doing it, is not good. In Exodus 18, Jethro looks at Moses—this man of God, this loyal servant—and says, “What you are doing is not good.” Why? Because even though he was active in God’s work, Moses was burning out. He was judging the people from morning till night without rest. He carried the burden alone. And that’s what many of God’s servants do today. You work until you wear yourself out. You help until you lose yourself. You give, you give… but you end up drained. Because there is disorder in your order. You haven’t set priorities according to God.

John 10:10 – I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

But look at your life: there is fatigue, not abundance. There is overload, not peace.

So, what should you do? You must return to divine order. You need to unlearn human methods to enter into the organization of God’s heart. A man can have a perfect flowchart, well-structured schedules, competent assistants, but if he hasn’t received God’s order, fire will eventually burn him out. Burnout has never been the fruit of inactivity—it is often the result of misplaced priorities.

Returning to God’s order

God never starts with chaos. In Genesis 1, before creating man, God put everything in order: the light, the firmament, the earth, the lights… every step of creation was prophetic organization. And when Jesus stepped into the supernatural for the first time, in John 2, it wasn’t to raise a dead man or heal a blind woman… it was to bring wine back to a wedding. Why? To honor a covenant. To bless a structure: marriage. Love. Family. He used six jars just as there were six days of creation. And each jar represents a step of organization. A wisdom. The Spirit of God revealed to me that if you want to see the wine—the joy, the life, the passion, the stability, the abundance—return to your household, you need to restore the wisdom of the six jars.

The 4th jar, for example, corresponds to the 4th day of creation when God set the lights: the sun, the moon, the stars. God told me, “Everything that enlightens your home, everything that brings joy to your couple—if it’s not fixed, it will leave!” Did you have a beautiful season with your wife, with your husband? Write it down. Fix it. If you don’t fix the memory, you won’t be able to bring the atmosphere back. The wine leaves because what was light has vanished. God fixes seasons. You must take back control with God over your family atmosphere. Marriage needs spiritual organization.

You’re tired because you’re doing good the wrong way

Moses, in Exodus 18, served the people, taught the Word. But God said: You will burn out. And you will burn out the people along with you. Do you think your zeal is what’s being rewarded? No! God says you must work with order, not merely with sincerity. Too many people suffer emotional, spiritual, physical exhaustion—not because they are doing wrong, but because they are doing good… in the wrong order.

Are you working too much? Answering everyone? Being pulled from every direction? God did not create you to carry everything alone. He told Moses: “Choose men to help you, and I will take the Spirit that is on you and put it on them.”

But be careful! Before transferring anything, God says: “Moses, I must speak to you first.”

Before transferring the spirit on you to your associates, God wants to reorganize your own spirit. If He takes your disorder and shares it with others, you will create a disorganized organization on a larger scale. Your spirit must be visited. Your personal communion with God must be restored so that the spirit upon you may then empower others.

What you’re doing for God is good—but have you put God first in what you do?

Martha was running around preparing dishes for Jesus, while Mary simply sat down to listen. And Jesus said:

Luke 10:42 – Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things. But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.

What a reversal. The Lord comes to your house, and you don’t take the time to sit and listen. You want to serve Him… but the service becomes a diversion. He says: that which will not be taken away. That’s divine priority.

This principle shifts your mind: what lasts the longest in your life must receive the priority. That which will not be taken away from you.

In Luke 10:42, the Word received in the heart remains for eternity. The food prepared will be eaten tomorrow and forgotten the day after… God says: start by building what lasts. Want to know if you’re living in order or disorder? Ask yourself: am I building on what will remain with me?

• Your spouse will be taken from you less than your job.
• Your husband or your wife will still be there when colleagues are gone.
• Your children will grow up and start their lives.
• Positions pass. Titles fall.
• But God… He remains.

Don’t give your best hours to the temporary… while you neglect the permanent.

Set things in order, and God will multiply

Mark 6:39 – Have them sit down in groups of fifty

John 6. Before Jesus multiplied the loaves and fish, He first told the disciples: “Have them sit down in groups of fifty.”

Nothing was multiplied before order made circulation possible. God will not multiply anything in your life while everything is in disorder. Want more anointing? More peace? Greater emotional capacity? Bring order.

It was when the crowd was seated that Jesus took the loaves from the little boy, blessed them, broke them, and gave them out. What the disciples had despised became the source of abundance.

What you haven’t counted in your life, God wants to use. What you consider small—your gift of sewing, your smile, your singing, your patience—may be the very thing God will choose as a seed for multiplication. But without order, multiplication is blocked.

Children are not your priority

In Matthew 15, facing the Canaanite woman, Jesus teaches a harsh truth. He says:

It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the little dogs.

This woman had an urgent request: save her tormented daughter. But Jesus tells her He was sent to the children of Israel, not the outsiders. The woman persists. Then she says: “Even the little dogs eat the crumbs.” And Jesus, struck, grants her the miracle.

Take note: what was considered bread was for the children. And what was outside was the crumbs.

You must identify who is a child in your life, and who are the little dogs.

• Between your boss and your children? Your child is the child. The boss, the little dog.
• Between your church and your family? Your family is the child. The church, the little dog.

Yes! You give hours to ministry, but not five minutes to your daughter? Disorder!

You spend your whole Saturday at retreats but have no time to listen to your wife? The pastor becomes an emotional desert. And the home suffers.

You want God to support you? Prioritize what He told you to prioritize.

• Between your spouse and your children? Your spouse is the child. The children will leave one day. The couple remains.

Yet how many have neglected their relationship, focused on the children—and one day, when the children are gone, there’s nothing left.

Let’s pray together

Lord, I want to set my life in order. Teach me to prioritize according to Your heart. I refuse to burn out serving man without listening to God. I choose what cannot be taken from me. I declare that Your wisdom comes upon me. Give me the strength to listen before I act. Speak to me, touch my spirit, and teach me to delegate. Take the spirit You placed on me and transfer it to those who will assist me. Father, I want to love You above all, more than anyone. Help me nurture every relationship in the right order. Let me serve in ministry without burning out, without dissolving, while building what is eternal. Amen!

Lord Jesus, I give You my life. You are my priority. Come live in me. Be my Lord and my Savior. Forgive my sins and fill me with Your Spirit. Teach me to love You above all, and to live according to Your divine wisdom. Amen.

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I need You. Forgive my sins and transform me. Today, I accept You as my Lord and Savior. Fill me with Your presence and lead me in Your will. Amen.

At the heart of the Bible

• John 10:10 – Jesus gives life and life to the full
• Luke 10:42 – Mary chose the better portion
• Exodus 18:18 – If you keep doing this, you will wear yourself out
• Mark 6:39 – Have them sit down in groups of fifty
• Matthew 15:27 – Even the little dogs eat the crumbs
• Genesis 1:16 – God made two great lights

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