April 22, 2021 -- Isaiah 40:27-31 -- Who Wouldn't Want Strength?!

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”?
28 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.
29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 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.

Isaiah 40:27-31 ESV

Try gingko. It is a superfood. Try adding fish oil into the diet, you’ll notice a big change in your mood. If you would just exercise more, well, I’m telling you, you’ll have energy to burn. Whatever. As the Covid crisis drags on suicide rates are shooting up. Despair is greater among the people of our nation. How can we withstand the soul-sucking measures put in place to ‘help us’. How can people navigate all the regulations which seem to be shifting all the time?

Isaiah declares we serve the Super God above all governments, greater, infinitely greater even than we can imagine. When we are fainting and weary think about the One Who is called the everlasting God. Nothing wears Him out. Nothing lessens His power. He also has infinite understanding to help those who are worn and spent with grief and anxiety.

To wait on the LORD carries the sense of braiding, like one braids hair or weaves together the strands of ropes to repair a fishing net. Weave the LORD into every part of your thoughts. Meditate on Him as powerful, greater than all your worries or fears. Pray. Ask Him to do as He promised, to revive you. Read His Word. So many times people say “If I only had the time I’d do this”. Well, for many people this latest lockdown means you have plenty of time to wait on the LORD and see His faithfulness in every part of history and so see His ability to bring His compassion, faithfulness and strength even to these days of crisis. Reach out to other Christians and ask them to pray with you and encourage you.

Creator of the ends of the universe, Everlasting God of Infinite power hear my cry for mercy. Help me to truly wait on You, trusting that as You have responded to Your people in every crisis through-out all generations, so You will now, build Your people up once again. Guard me in these days which seek to crush me with weariness and though I am not busy or active as usual, still am feeling exhausted. As I lift my eyes to see the heavens declare Your glory and the Spring raise plants to new life may my confident hope in You be revived. Amen.

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