Shaking Off Overload

Things can pile onto your calling so quickly—and often, they’re not even part of your actual call. In fact, much of what weighs us down has nothing to do with our God-given purpose. You start out walking in what God asked of you, then slowly, subtly, you begin adding things. Some of those additions come from obedience, but many simply come from human nature.

You think, "I better help that person… I should support that church… I need to speak into that situation… I ought to address that problem." Before you know it, you’ve spread yourself thin. Your life becomes broad—too broad.

Then comes the shaking.

And the shaking strips away the excess. It humbles you. It re-centers you. I believe God allowed that shaking in my life—and I thank Him for it. I’ve had to release many good people—not cut them out of my life, but release the pressure to listen to everyone, everywhere, all the time. I’m no longer overloaded.

Because when you're overloaded, you start missing things. You forget what your friends are saying. You overlook what’s needed in your own space. God doesn’t just shake off the bad things—He shakes off even the good that no longer belongs in your current season. Maybe it was right to serve in that place, but now it’s only making you busy and pulling you away from your true assignment. It was good, but it’s no longer God’s best.

We need the shaking.

Because when God shakes us, He shakes us back into design—back into alignment with our original purpose. Not into every version of ourselves we've tried to become. Not into every title we've tried to carry.

We’re trying to be too many things for too many people. But we can’t be everything for everybody.

I choose now not to be another leader. Maybe I never really tried to be—but sometimes I thought I knew better, only to realize they carried wisdom I didn’t. It's not about becoming them. It's about recognizing the right connections that protect me from overload. It’s about building true relationships with those around me—not just Sunday surface-level moments but deep, meaningful fellowship.

And yes, that takes work.

As the Church, we’ve often mistaken Sunday services for real connection. But fellowship is more than a handshake and a quick word. It's about truly learning each other—being present, being real.

We're building something. And it's going to be good.

Actually, it is good.

We're well on our way. The first stage is nearly complete. I believe in my heart that by Easter Sunday, it will be done—Stage One finished. That doesn’t mean there won’t be more stages, but you’re going to feel the shift. You’ll sense it, experience it—if you allow yourself to feel it.

Hebrews 13:20-21 says:"Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen."

Let Him shake you back into alignment. You’ll be lighter. And you’ll walk freer.