Dec 09 2006
Power to the Faint
Isaiah 40:27-33:
Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
but they who wait for 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.
I’ve gotten a couple of phone calls on my previous post.
I’m doing OK. I’m tired. I’m still feeling disillusioned and discouraged but I’ll make it through this by God’s grace.
The passage above is what I read this morning, emphasis mine.
I am a young man feeling faint and exhausted.
But God gives power to those who are faint and who lack might. And right now I am waiting on Him to renew my strength.
Tomorrow is the Sabbath day. It will be better. May God humble me enough that I don’t forget that I lack strength and might–may I be humbled enough that I wait upon Him for renewed strength all the time. May I be humbled enough that my heart will soar in His grace like upon the back of an eagle.
There is much ahead of me in the short and long term. Pray that I would trust God enough that I will walk and not grow faint.
