Spiritual Fatigue vs. Spiritual Attack
There are moments in the believer’s life when the heart feels heavy, when the spirit seems to stretch beyond its capacity. Even each step can feel like it carries the weight of unseen burdens, pressing quietly until every movement demands intention. Sometimes the weight comes from within, an exhaustion that is the natural consequence of life poured out in devotion, service, and obedience. Other times, the weight comes from the outside, a force that resists, opposes, or distracts, seeking to divert you from the path God has set just for you. These experiences, though they may feel similar, are profoundly different, and God’s Word offers language to help us discern one from the other. In the Torah, the experience of weariness is captured in the Hebrew verb יָגַע ( yaga‘ ). Yaga‘ means to grow weary, to become physically or spiritually exhausted from labor or effort. It is not sin. It is not failure. It is simply the natural outcome of a life given freely without pause, without re...