He Gives Strength To The Weary
God's Way Or My Way
ISAIAH 40:29-31
“He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
”Isaiah 40:29-31 NKJV
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God’s is Almighty and all powerful; in fact their is no other like Him; He has no equal nor rival-His name is greater than any other name, no one can compare to Him, and we are blessed my brethren, because He cares for us individually, and He is faithful and true.
Isaiah describes God’s power to create, sustain, and help as unmeasurable (12-31).
God never lets us down, He hears our every call, for nothing is too big for Him, or indeed too small, and He is forever faithful to help. Not necessarily in a way that we want or expect, but in a way that is best for us long-term, because unlike us humans, He sees the whole picture, not just part, and our salvation is His number one goal.
My brethren, He wants no one to perish, but for all to come to repentance (2 PETER 3:9).
Even the strongest and fittest of people get tired, but God’s power never diminishes. He is never too tired or busy to listen and help. When you feel the weight of the world crushing down on you, when you are so tired you can’t take another step, when your every resource has depleted, you can call upon the name of the Lord to renew your strength, to lift you up into a new lease of life, to make every provision you need; and all you need do is ask (JOHN 14:14).
The truth is, with as little as a mustard seed of faith, you will say to this mountain, “move from here to there,” and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you (MATHEW 17:20).
But however, prevention is always better than cure; if you had prayed into that project you started in the planning, maybe much of problems you are facing today wouldn’t even exist.
My beloved , don’t say, “I don’t have time to pray.” If you are short of time, you need God’s help even more.
Therefore,start your day in prayer, indeed “pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.”
I Thessalonians 5:17-19, 21-22NKJV
To wait on the Lord is being patient with the confident expectation that God will fulfil His promises in His word; that He will make a way in His perfect timing, and that He will strengthen you to rise above all life’s challenges.
So often we humans get inpatient and do it “my way.” That might seem to work at the time, but the joy is likely to be temporary because the work is likely to become tiresome, problematic, and difficult.
When one chooses his own way, God stands back and allows your free will to get on with it. But the truth is, we soon come to realise we humans can do nothing good in our own strength, and like Jonah, we might even find ourselves in the belly of a giant fish, only to be spat out to do Gods will as originally instructed (JONAH 1-3).
My beloved, we need Jesus!
So often when we do it “our way”; our yoke becomes heavy and all too often we undermine God’s work In not just ourselves, but others too. Our disobedience takes around and around the same roundabout of stress, anxiety, and all kinds of problems until we submit to God’s ways. It’s wise to submit before we have depleted all our resources, but so often our pride and fear takes us to the bottom of the pit so the only way left is Jesus way.
Jesus said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.””
Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV
My beloved, Jesus way is the only way, for He is the the way, the truth, and the life; He is the only way to our Father in heaven (JOHN 14:6).
James tells us, “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”
James 1:2-8 NKJV
Our trials and challenges come with purpose and by design to build our faith and patience; for when our patience has done it’s perfect work, you shall become perfect, complete, and in need of nothing.
As I have told you before, ““Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
