Have you ever been deeply committed to serving God, yet felt worn down, empty, or quietly depleted?

Many faithful Christian women are doing meaningful work, ministry, and leadership, yet feel more exhausted than fulfilled. They assume the fatigue is normal… or worse, that it’s a sign they need to try harder.

But what if exhaustion isn’t a badge of faithfulness?

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What if it’s a signal you’re operating outside of God’s enabling, even while doing good things?

In today’s culture, especially among Christian women leaders, burnout often disguises itself as obedience. But Scripture shows us a different pattern, one where calling and energy walk hand in hand.  

The Problem: Doing Good Work Without God’s Enabling

When we’re busy but internally empty, it’s often because we’re doing something God didn’t ask us to do, or we’re doing what He did ask, but in our own strength.

This is subtle.
It doesn’t feel rebellious.
It often looks responsible, sacrificial, even admirable.

But over time, the signs appear:
   🌟 Constant fatigue
   🌟 Quiet resentment
   🌟 Spiritual dryness
   🌟 The feeling that your effort outweighs your joy

God never intended His work to drain the life out of you. When He calls, He also enables. When His enabling is missing, something is out of alignment.

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The Alternative: Operating in God’s Strength

When you’re walking in the work God specifically prepared for you, something different happens.

Even when it’s hard…
Even when it requires discipline…
Even when it stretches you…

There is an underlying sense of rightness.

As I share (in the video above), when you’re doing what God has actually called you to do, He supplies the energy. The work may cost you something, but it doesn’t hollow you out.

That’s the divine exchange:
Your surrender for His strength.
Your obedience for His enabling.

And when that alignment is present, service becomes worship, not strain.

A Personal Example of God’s Enabling

I remember mentoring a younger woman during a season when I was already carrying a full plate. On paper, it looked like “one more thing.”

But the moment it ended, I felt deeply filled.

Not proud.
Not relieved.

Just Satisfied.

It was the quiet, unmistakable sense of divine confirmation, This is where you belong.

That experience taught me something I couldn’t unlearn:
When God enables a calling, it becomes a source of strength, not depletion.

This is deeply connected to how God uniquely created you for His purpose, not someone else’s. 

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That’s how you begin to discern the difference between assignments that drain you and callings that fuel you.

How to Recognize What Fills You

If you’re wondering whether your current commitments align with God’s enabling, start here:

  💡 Pay attention to what brings life.
Ask God honestly: What makes me feel spiritually awake, not merely productive?

  💡 Evaluate fruit, not pressure.
Are you saying yes out of calling, or obligation?

  💡 Notice your internal state afterward.
Do you feel quietly strengthened, or inwardly depleted?

  💡 Create margin for clarity.
When life is overscheduled, discernment gets drowned out.

These questions aren’t about doing less, they’re about doing what actually belongs to you.

Why Fulfillment and Fatigue Are Spiritual Signals

Spiritual fulfillment isn’t hype or emotional highs. It’s the steady confirmation that you’re aligned with God’s design for your life.

Exhaustion, on the other hand, often reveals:
   🌟 Misplaced responsibility
   🌟 Comparison-driven service
   🌟 Performance-based obedience

God’s will carries His provision.

If your service consistently empties you, it’s time to pause and ask not How can I keep going? but Am I walking where God is enabling?

Conclusion

You don’t need to prove your faithfulness through constant effort.

God never asked you to exhaust yourself for Him.
He invites you to walk with Him, led by His strength.

When you’re operating in your God-given calling, your work may stretch you, but it will not consume you.

Fulfillment is not found in doing more.
It’s found in doing what’s yours, with God’s enabling.

🩷 God gently reveal where alignment brings life again.

Blessings,
Wendy 💖
​Founder, Your Home For God LLC,

Well Done Woman Academy,

Your Home For God website, and

The Wendy Gunn website.

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