Today, July 29, 2016
“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 down in my heart, down in my
heart, down in my hear. Ive got the Love of Jesus down in my heart, 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 depths 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
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