Hey Gang, I find it refreshing to
stop and turn the world off and zero in on what the Holy Spirit is trying to
tell me. One of the great joys of
sending out these daily messages is it keeps me focused on the wondrous road
maps that I find in the Word each day.
God has been so faithful in pointing out those “pearls of great price”
that He has hidden throughout His Word that we must hunt and, in hunting, we
suddenly find that we have grown closer to our Shepherd.
In my many years of reaching out to
hurting people, it has always amazed me that so many choose to carry their
burdens alone when we have the amazing promise, “Like a Shepherd He will tend His flock, In His arm He will gather the
lambs and carry them in His bosom. He
will gently lead the nursing ewes” (Is. 40:11).
I ask those who are heavy laden “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the
Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable” (Is.
40:28). Does that not want you to
sing to the Lord a new song?
But notice, Isaiah does not leave it
there; he went on, “He gives strength to
the weary and tired, and to him who lacks might He increases power” (v. 29). How many out there realize that, without God’s
strength and power in us, we are competing against a stacked deck.
Isaiah closes this segment with, in
my humble opinion, one of the most powerful verses in the Word: “Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain
new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not
get tired, They will walk and not become weary” (Is. 40:31).
I find myself returning to Paul’s
words in chapter four of Philippians in these days of woe; in verse four He gives us the key to strong mental health: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say
rejoice.” I look at Paul’s advice
here as a cleansing for the soul.
We live in a period when God’s
shaker is very active and there are few good things reported in our media but
mega pieces that can lead to depression.
And why should we rejoice when the sky is falling? Again Paul gives us
the good news: “I can do all things
through Him who strengthens me” (vs. 13).
He follows this with a news that “My
God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus”
(v. 19).
Soooo, friends and neighbors, have
you taken on your new feathers that allows you to soar in the heavenlies? Or
are you land locked? Are you dependent
on the one you see each morning in the mirror, or have you placed your trust in
the One who “sits above the circle of
the earth”…who “reduces rulers to
nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless” (Is. 40:17). Whom will you serve this day?
Blessings,
Gramps
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