Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Obeying God when obeying isn’t easy”
Our Bible verse for today: “Do you not know? Have you not heard? Yahweh is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never grows faint or weary; there is no limit to His understanding.” Isaiah 40:28 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “Rely on the Lord and in His strength.”
From time to time we all come to the point where we are just bone-weary and we feel like we can’t go on. There are times in all of our lives when we feel as if we just don’t have the strength or the energy to do the things we know we have to do. How do we keep going? The Old Testament prophet Isaiah had some thoughts about that.
Isaiah chapter forty is all about God providing comfort and strength for His weary people. For twenty-seven verses he makes the case for a Sovereign God who is strong and mighty and who has absolute power over all creation. Then in verse twenty-eight, almost in an incredulous tone, he challenges his tired and discouraged readers to consider if perhaps they had failed to hear about this mighty God who is constantly working on their behalf. “Do you not know? Have you not heard?” Then he offers this advice:
“He gives strength to the weary and strengthens the powerless. Youths may faint and grow weary, and young men stumble and fall, but those who trust 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 faint.” Isaiah 40:29-31 (HCSB)
If today you find yourself weary and feeling as if you just don’t have the energy or strength to do the things you need to do, then I encourage you to spend some extra time with the God who never grows weary, the One who is never lacking in strength. He will lift you up and strengthen you, He will renew your energy and help you to do what needs to be done.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 