Day 04 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” – James 1:2-4 Additional reading: Psalm...
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary; there is no searching of His understanding.
29 He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength {causing it to multiply and making it to abound}.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and {selected} young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted;
31 But those who wait for the Lord {who expect, look for, and hope in Him} shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up {close to God} as eagles {mount up to the sun}; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
I don’t know about you, but to me “Back to school” means back to busy. I find myself still trying to balance all of the responsibilities in my life. The first months back to school are exhausting. Not just in the physical sense, but emotionally and mentally as well. Trying to figure it all out leaves me feeling weary. Weary means feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion or lack of sleep; exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness.
God talks about helping with weariness numerous times throughout the Bible. Isaiah 40:28 says “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.” Since God never tires, He can ALWAYS give us strength when we need it. Although God can always give us strength, we have to ask and wait on Him. Waiting on God renews our strength and displays Godly wisdom. The longer we wait for God and His timing, the more we are resting, and that rest gives us the ability to run and not grow weary and walk and not grow faint, but this can only happen for those “who wait for the Lord.”
How often do we needlessly carry around burdens that we don’t need to? More often than not, and that’s why we are told by Jesus to take His yoke, meaning He won’t force it on us. We must freely come to Him and give over what we can’t carry by ourselves and take His yoke.
What burdens do you need to give over to the Lord?
As you go through your week remember many verses in the Bible tell us about the importance of rest. There is an empowerment in waiting, resting, and relying upon God and not ourselves. We have to trust that God will take care of all our needs if we would just trust Him!