Isaiah 40:27-31
Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“ My way is hidden from the LORD,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”?
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 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,
Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“ My way is hidden from the LORD,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”?
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 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.
Dear Suzanne, Rebecca, Anna and Mikayla,
Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from the LORD, And my just claim is passed over by my God"? Sometimes I feel like saying yeah I know God holds the whole world in His hands and He spoke the universes into existence, but what about me? Is He really interested in me and does He really care. I mean He has so much to do controlling the universe. Does He really hear me when I call to Him? This is foolish thinking. We have such powerful evidence of His love and concern right in front of us all the time. God anticipates our thoughts and look what He says in the next verse.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. God does not live in the confines of time...He does not face the restrictions that we face. He has unlimited time, unlimited energy and unsearchable understanding. Why would we go anywhere else? Examine your thoughts and your words... don't limit your understanding of God by comparing Him to what you experience here on earth. Your God is from everlasting to everlasting. He is the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings...the One who will reign forever and ever. He can handle whatever you might throw at Him. He is sufficient to silence all fears and doubts. Be still and know that He is God.
"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." These last few verses are some of the most beautiful in Scripture. What a promise! We do not have to be strong...Jesus tells us to come to Him when we are burdened and heavy laden and He will give us rest. Our God promises us that He will give us power when we are weak. Galatians 2:20 says that it is no longer we who live but Christ who lives in us. Because believers are in Christ, He infuses them with His power to sustain them. We are strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. Our outward man may be perishing but our inward man is being renewed every day.
Believers who wait on the Lord are blessed and receive strength in their trials. I need this so much especially as I realize more and more with heart knowledge that I can do nothing without Christ. Girls, weakness is truly the place to be. In weakness we look up. In weakness we acknowledge our need for Him. In weakness we can be strong in His grace! In weakness we are nigh unto Him and can be used mightily. Look at the cross of Christ as your example!
Second Corinthians 12:9-10 says "And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong." John MacArthur says the present tense of the verb translated "is sufficient" reveals the constant availability of His grace. He continually supplies us with the grace to endure. The weaker the human instrument the greater His grace can shine through. How wonderful is that. The world views weakness as a disadvantage and something to be avoided at all costs.God views it as an opportunity for us to shine brighter for Him. Not that we rejoice in pain and suffering but we can rejoice in that the power of Christ can be revealed in us.
Here is how I will end...here is what is absolutely priceless...available for the asking...
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh."--2nd Cor 4:7-11
John Wesley says: "But we - Not only the apostles, but all true believers. Have this treasure - Of divine light, love, glory. In earthen vessels - In frail, feeble, perishing bodies. He proceeds to show, that afflictions, yea, death itself, are so far from hindering the ministration of the Spirit, that they even further it, sharpen the ministers, and increase the fruit. That the excellence of the power, which works these in us, may undeniably appear to be of God."
Love
Mom
