The Power of God

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

(Isaiah 40:30-31)

I realize that at times we are just tired. It's simply a fact that we can wear out. While growing weary is ok and feeling a bit beaten down is normal, when we need it most, that is when God steps in! This is not to say we do not stop for a rest now and then, but in those crucial times, when we need that extra boost, nothing compares to the power of God!

When we have been up all night struggling with an issue; when that teenager has us at wits end; the baby was up all night and the alarm clock goes off too early; when the bills outlast the pay check . . . there is God!

When we get weary, there is hope in Christ. It is not an "I hope He helps me" or "I wonder when", but an anticipated and confident hope that just when we need it, God gives us the extra boost to carry on . . . so we carry on! We soar above the problems we face and continue, even grow stronger in our commitment to follow on in the path God has set us upon.

That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

(2 Corinthians 12:10)

It's not that we are happy to be weary or to be worn down, but when we do face hardships, we know God will step up and carry us through. We know He will do the miraculous and thus we anticipate the results andas paul says, we delight in the circumstance!

It's not weird . . . it's the power of God which we all must call upon!