Are You Standing On The Solid Rock?

 “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.  He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might he increases power” 

“Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, 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.”  (Isaiah 40:28-31).

Hey Gang, take it from this very senior citizen, the alligators are sneaking ever closer.  There are going to be days when your back is against the wall; days when you are sure the sky is no longer about to fall but is falling.  I have shared that on many occasions, in my 27 years of being the exulted ruler of a treatment program for children, I made bad decisions, and I never completed a day as I had planned it.

But, if your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, you can be assured of the following: “Do not fear for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10).

Wow, does that not get your thumper to thumping this morning? There are no words that one can add to God’s Word that would make sense, such as Isaiah’s words in the morning Scripture.  I don’t know about you, but I am ecstatic that God never becomes weary or tired, nor does He leave or forsake us even when we turn our backs on His leading and go our own way.

If ever there was a time when we need a God whose understanding is inscrutable, it is today.  If there was ever a time when we need God’s strength and power, it is today. 

The above verses have become a rock to my salvation, as I have moved into the Golden Years (Golden for the medical profession), along with many others.  I enjoy seeking those promises of God that are designed to be our refuge and strength.  Malachi gave us one of those verse when he wrote, “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall” (Mal. 4:2).  Can you say hallelujah to that?

I can certainly vouch for the fact that there are many times when I just do not feel like jumping like a calf That is when it is time to make a decision, whether you will spend the day in the grumpies, or kick the “act of the will” into gear.  Satan hates the “act of the will” and will probably turn up the heat when you throw sand in his face.

That is when we need to get out the old songs from yesteryear and sing them as unto the Lord.  I love  Jesus Loves Me, This Little Light of Mine, and Lord Make Me a Sanctuary, but there is another that I find works every time to get my heart and mind back on the right path, the Isaiah 40:31 path. 

It goes like this: I’ve got the joy joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart, down in my heart, I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down m my heart, down in my heart to stay.  The devil does not like it but it’s down in my heart, down in my heart to stay.  I have the wonderful love of my blessed redeemed deep down in the depth of my heart down in my heart to stay.

What am I saying? “Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, 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”  (Isaiah 40:28-31).  Bad day?  Sing to the Lord a new song!  

Blessings, 

Gramps