Strength for the Committed: How Daniel Found God’s Power in His Weakest Season

Daniel had been serving in his church’s outreach ministry for years. He was there every weekend, setting up tents, loading food boxes into cars, and praying with strangers. At first, the work energized him. But over time, the long hours, constant demands, and lack of help began to wear him down.

He started noticing a bitterness creeping in. When people didn’t say thank you, it stung. When volunteers didn’t show up, he felt the weight fall on his shoulders. It wasn’t just his body that was tired — it was his heart.

Daniel was ready to walk away from the work that once gave him joy.

One Saturday morning, Daniel stood in the church parking lot, staring at a mountain of boxes that needed to be unloaded. Only three volunteers had shown up. He sighed, feeling the urge to just leave it all behind. “God, I can’t keep doing this,” he whispered.

That Sunday, the sermon came from 2 Chronicles 16:9. “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.” Daniel had heard the verse before, but that day, it felt like it was aimed directly at him.

It was as if God was saying, I see you. I know you’re tired. I will give you strength. The verse didn’t call for perfection, only commitment. And Daniel realized his exhaustion had made him forget why he started in the first place.

He decided to show up the next Saturday with a different prayer. Instead of “Help me survive this day,” he prayed, “Strengthen me to serve with the heart I had when I began.”

The work didn’t get easier, but God’s strength made it lighter.

The work didn’t get easier, but something shifted inside him. He laughed with the other volunteers. He took time to pray more intentionally with the people coming through the line. The same physical load felt lighter.

Over the next few months, Daniel kept seeing God’s strength show up in small ways — a volunteer bringing unexpected help, a generous donation arriving just when supplies were low, even strangers expressing gratitude in ways that deeply encouraged him.

Daniel began to understand that God’s strength isn’t about removing the work; it’s about empowering you in it. It’s about seeing the task through because your heart is still His, even when your body wants to quit.

Now, when younger men at his church talk about burnout, Daniel shares his own turning point. “If your heart is still committed, God will strengthen you. That’s His promise, not mine.”

And every time Daniel feels fatigue creeping back in, he remembers the eyes of the Lord are still watching — and still ready to strengthen those who refuse to give up.

Where do you need God’s strength most right now?

• In my work or ministry
• In my family responsibilities
• In my personal faith walk
• In a specific trial I’m facing