Isaiah 40:31
(31) But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
TOPIC
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TRUSTING WAITING AND DEPENDING ON THE LORD
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IF THERES EVER BEEN A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO TRUST WAIT AND DEPEND ON THE LORD
NOW IS THE TIME
FOR EVEN JOB DECLARED
Job 14:1 (KJV) Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble
BUT AIN`T IT AMAZING THAT GOD KNOWS HOW TO NAVIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR LIVES
WHERE CAN NEITHER GO BACKWARD OR FORWARD
AND WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO TRUST WAIT AND DEPEND ON THE LORD
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THE TEXT BEFORE US IS CENTERED AROUND TRIBE OF JUDAH WHO ARE IN BABLONIOAN CAPITITY
FACING A LONG DIFFICULT JOURNEY
AND INSTEAD OF PRAISING GOD THEY WE`RE COMPLAINING TO GOD
THAT HE DID NOT KNOW OR WAS`NT CONCERN WITH THERE PRESENT SITUATION
AND THERE COMPLANT WAS THAT THEY DID`NT HAVE STRENGHT FOR THE JOURNEY
BUT IT`S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT GOD KNOWS WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH
AND WE COULD NEVER ENDURE THE JOURNEY IN OUR OWN STRENGHT
BUT WE CAN ALWAYS TRUST AND DEPEND ON GOD TO PROVIDE THE STRENGHT WE NEED FOR
THE JOURNEY
BECAUSE IF WE TRUST OURSELVES WE WILL FAINT AND FALL
BUT IF WE WAIT ON THE LORD WE WILL RECEIVE STRENGHT FOR THE JOURNEY
ISAIAH REMINDS THE PEOPLE
Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings
as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
NOW THE KEY WORD IN THIS VERSE IS WAIT
AND THE WORD WAIT DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT WE SIT AROUND AND DO NOTHING
BUT IT MEANS TO HOPE
TO LOOK TO GOD FOR ALL THAT WE NEED
NOW THE REASON WHY SOME OF US IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS WORD -WAIT IS
BECAUSE WE ARE INTERPRETING THIS WORD OUT OF IT`S PROPER CONTEXTS
AND WE WILL DO THAT IF WE INTERPERT THIS WORD FROM IT`S PASSIVE TENSE
WHICH SUGGEST THE VUNERABLITY WE PLACE OURSELVES IN WHILE WAITING
BUT WHEN WE VIEW IT FROM THE ACTIVE TENSE
WHICH TELLS US WHILE WE ARE WAITING GOD IS GOING TO BE WORKING IN OUR BEHALF
AND AS LONG AS GOD IS WORKING --
WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT GOD IS GOING TO WORK THINGS OUT FOR OUR GOOD
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NOW LET`S LOOK AT HOW GOD IS WORKING WHILE WE ARE TRUSTING and WAITING
(REJUVNATE)
ISAIAH TELLS US But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;
GOD WILL GIVE US REJUVNATION
IN OTHER WORDS
GOD WILL SUPPLY OUR NEEDS
AND GIVES US BACK EVERYTHING WE LOSE IN THE PROCESS OF WAITING
CAN I CALL A BIBICAL WITINESS
COME HE RE JOB
AND IF ANY ONE HAS EVER STUDIED THE BOOK OF JOB
YOU CAN TESTIFY THAT JOB WAS A MAN THAT WAITED ON GOD
CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
IN JOB THE 2ND CHAPTER
BRO AND SIS JOB HAS A TALK
AND IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME PHARA-PHRASE THEIR CONVERSATION
SIS JOB TELLS BRO JOB
I`M SICK OF YOUR SITUATION
I`M SICK OF HOW YOU SMELL
AND I`M SICK OF YOU SCRAPING THOSE SORES OFF YOUR BODY ALL OVER THE PLACE
BUT MOST OF ALL I`M SICK OF HOW YOU ARE TRUSTING IN A GOD THAT HAS ABANDON YOU
BUT IF YOU ARE A REAL MAN WHY DON`T YOU GET UP LOOK TOWARD HEAVEN AND CURSE GOD
AND DIE
THE BIBLE SAYS JOB DID GET UP
BUT HE DID NOT CURSE GOD
VERSE 10 IN THE TEXT REVEALS THAT BRO JOB TELLS SIS JOB
THAT SHE`S TALKING LIKE A FOOLISH WOMAN
SHALL WE ACCEPT THE GOOD THINGS FROM GOD AND NOT THE BAD
AND CAN I REMIND YOU
FOR IT`S THE LORD THAT GIVES AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
AND DON`T YOU KNOW THAT
A Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
BUT I`LL TELL YOU WHAT I`M GOING TO DO
ALL THE DAYS OF MY APPOINTED TIME I`M GONNA WAIT UNTIL MY CHANGE COME
AND BECAUSE JOB WAITED ON THE LORD
GOD GAVE HIM DOUBLE FOR HIS TROUBLE
GAVE HIM BACK EVERYTHING HE LOST IN THE PROCESS OF WAITING
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2-POINT
BUT NOT ONLY WILL GOD GIVE US REJUVNATION
BUT THE TEXT REVEALS THAT WHEN WE TRUST WAIT AND DEPEND ON GOD
HE WILL ALSO GIVE US ELEVATION
WE SHALL MOUNT UP ON THE WINGS OF EAGLES
CAN I SHARE SOME EAGLE THEOGLY HERE
AN EAGLE IS A FIND SPECIMAN OF A BIRD
BECAUSE THE EAGLE IS RARE AND UNIQUE SWIFT- KEENLY BIRD
EVEN IN IT`S ABILITY TO FLY INTO A STORM
AND HE FINDS SAFETY IN HIS ABILITY TO RISE ABOVE THE STORM
AND THE EAGLE DOES NOT FINDS SAFETY BY FLAPPING HIS WINGS
AS HE FLYS INTO THE STORM
BUT THE WING SPAN OF THE EAGLE IS SO LARGE THAT HE STRETCHS HIS WINGS OUT
AND THE WIND GETS BENEATH HIS WINGS AND ELEVATE HIM ABOVE THE STORM
AND I WONDER IF THERES ANYBODY HERE THIS EVENING
THAT HAS STRETCH YOUR HANDS OUT BEFORE GOD IN YOUR MIDNIGHT HOUR
AND GAVE HIM ALL YOUR PROBLEMS
GAVE HIM ALL YOUR TRIALS TRIBULATIONS
BUT IN THE MIDIST OF STRECTHING OUT
GOD ALLOWED THE WIND OF THE HOLY SPRIT TO GET BENEATH YOU
AND LIFT YOU ABOVE YOUR PROBLEMS
LIFT YOU ABOVE YOUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
THAT WHY THE SONG WRITER SAY
FATHER I STRETCH MY HANDS TO THEE KNOW OTHER HELP I KNOW IF THOU WITHDRAW THYSELF FROM
THEE NO OTHER HELP I KNOW
AND THE OTHER SONG WRITER SAID
LORD LIFT ME UP AND LET ME STAND BY FAITH ON HEAVEN TABLE LAND A HIGHER PLAIN THAT I
HAVE FOUND LORD PLANT MY FEET ON HIGHER GROUND
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3RD -POINT
BUT NOT ONLY WILL GOD GIVE US REJUVNATION
NOT ONLY WILL GOD GIVE US ELEVATION
BUT GOD WILL GIVE US ACCELREATION
ISAIAH TELLS US THAT WE shall run, and not be weary;
GOD WILL MOVE US PAST OUR PROBLEMS
MOVE US PAST OUR EMEMIES
MOVE US PAST OUR SITUATIONS
THAT WHY I GET JOY
WHEN I READ ABOUT HOW HE MADE A FREEWAY DOWN THROUGH THE RED SEA FOR MOSES
BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT
HOW HE PUT THE WIND IN A FULL NELSON AND PARTED THE RED SEAS IN MY LIFE
I`M GONNA WAIT ON THE LORD
(BURNING FURNACE)
(LIONS DEN)
(GOLAITH)
(WALLS OF JERICHO)
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BUT NOT ONLY WILL GOD GIVE US REJUVNATION
NOT ONLY WILL HE GIVE US ELEVATION
NOT ONLY WILL GOD GIVES US ACCELREATION
BUT GOD WILL GIVE US ENDURATION
ISAIAH TELLS THAT WE shall walk, and not faint.
