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.
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.
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.
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.
Dear Suzanne, Rebecca, Anna and Mikayla,
I so needed to read these verses tonight. Sometimes I forget who dwells inside me. Have you not known, Isaiah begins....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 has got me and my problems covered...He doesn't get tired and His understanding is unsearchable. He knows what I am going through and He knows the state of my heart. Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
Isaiah goes on to remind us (me) that He gives power to the weak and to those who have no might he increases their strength. I am without strength and weak....BUT that is a good thing because His strength is made perfect in weakness. He will uphold me. He will hedge me behind and before. Colossians 1:11 says, "He will strengthen me with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy." At my weakest I can cry out to Him with gladness knowing He has enough for both of us. And as I cry out, my eyes fill with His goodness and mercy and love toward me. I am poor and needy and yet the Lord thinks on me!
My strength will be renewed as I wait on the Lord. I like to see the phrase "wait on the Lord" as Jon Courson explains it. I am the Lord's waiter. I am serving Him here on earth and doing those things that He has prepared beforehand for me to do. My job is to please Him and honor Him here as I journey through this vale of tears. I am to spend time with Him in worship, in thanksgiving, in prayer and in the study and meditation of His word. I am to look for ways to love those He has placed in my path with the love that He Himself has shed abroad in my heart. I am here for Him...my life is about Him...not me. Whatever He sends me is good and is for my good and His glory. And as I go through this life there will be times like tonight when my strength is spent and my heart is weak. Here is what I know: He will be gracious to me...He will incline His ear to me and hear my cry...He will strengthen my heart...He will be good to me...He will renew my strength...He will not leave me nor forsake me and in Him I have everything I need.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.--Psalm 84:5-7
Love
Mom
