Thursday, September 7, 2017

Isaiah 40:27-31

"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.  Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:29-31

Do you ever feel discouraged and want to give up?  Do you ever feel that a task or trial that the Lord has given you is too much to handle?  Do you ever wrongly feel as if you are all alone in handling a challenge in your life?  God's Old Testament people in Isaiah's day felt that way. God's people at that time were saying, "My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God." (Isaiah 40:27b)

When we begin to feel this way in our lives we must recall God's promises in His Holy Word to always be with us and to always strengthen us.  Isaiah 40:28 says, "Do you not know?  Have you not heard?  The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom."  The Lord is a great and powerful God; and this great God of the universe chooses to give His enabling strength to us, His children! Isaiah 40:29 says, "He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak."

The key to endurance in this life is not our own strength, for "even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall." (Isaiah 40:30)  The key to endurance in this life is the Lord's strength in our lives.  His supply of strength for us is limitless and is always readily available!  The way we avail ourselves of the Lord's strength is by putting our total trust expectantly in the Lord. We must not seek to run ahead of the Lord or try to seek out our own fallible resources.  We need to wait on the Lord for His strength with the absolute confidence that He will give His strength to us.

We might go into the Lord's presence in prayer weary, tired, and discouraged.  We can leave the Lord's presence in prayer strengthened and refreshed!  Isaiah 40:31 says, "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."  As we wait on the Lord and trust Him, our strength for facing life's challenges are renewed and invigorated!  This happens when we begin exchanging our finite weaknesses for the Lord's infinite strength.  Then like the eagles, who are known for their vigor, we will be able to fly or rise above the challenges of this life.  This kind of strength is found only in the Lord, but in the Lord's strength we can "run and not grow weary." The Lord is our strength!


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