Isaiah 40:28-31 (KJV) Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
[29] He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
[30] Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
(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.
VERY BRIEFLY IF I COULD GET A BAPTIST AMEN -A METHODIST NOD AND A SANTIFIED CHURCH HALLEJUAH
I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT
(STRENGHT FOR THE WEARY)
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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 LIFE`S 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 TRUST IN THE LORD HE WILL GIVE US ENOUGH STRENGHT FOR THE JOURNEY
BECAUSE IF WE
"Trust in ourselves, we are doomed to disappointment;
If we trust in our friends, and they will die and leave us
If we trust in our reputation, some slanderous tongue will blast us
But when we trust in God,
GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE US OR FORSAKE US
ISAIAH REMINDS US
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 IN 2025
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 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---
NOW LET`S LOOK AT HOW GOD IS WORKING WHILE WE ARE TRUSTING and WAITING
YOU SEE
"Waiting is not just the thing we have to do until we get what we hope for.
BUT Waiting is the process of becoming what we hope for."
BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
There are things to be learned while we wait on God that can't be learned at any other time.
BECAUSE We need to learn to trust Him despite open-ended circumstances,
We need to be content with what we have or don't have in light of all that He promises.
So, when we wait for what we hope for,
It allows the Lord to accomplish the things for which He hopes for us.
(REJUVNATION)
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
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
BECAUSE The word "renew" means
"to change,
to pass from one state to another, or to exchange."
And When we wait on God we exchange our weakness for His strength.
And What we cannot do, ---He can.
What we cannot see,-------- He can.
Because When we are weak, with His strength, we become strong.
That`s why Isaiah reminds us
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
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2-POINT
BUT NOT ONLY WILL GOD GIVE US REJUVNATION
BY RENEWING OUR STRENGHT
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
BECAUSE 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
MORNING /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 NO 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
IN OTHER WORDS
God enables us to soar when there is a crisis, because our strength comes from him
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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;
IN OTHER WORDS
GOD WILL MOVE US PAST OUR PROBLEMS
MOVE US PAST OUR CRYING AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
MOVE US PAST OUR WEARY SITUATIONS OF LIFE
THAT WHY I GET JOY
WHEN I READ ABOUT HOW GOD MADE A FREEWAY
DOWN THROUGH THE RED SEA FOR MOSES AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT
HOW GOD 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)
IN OTHER WORDS
GOD GIVES US THE STRENGHT RUN AND NOT BE WEARY
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BUT NOT ONLY WILL GOD GIVE US
REJUVNATION
NOT ONLY WILL HE GIVE US ELEVATION
LIFT US ABOVE OUR PROBLEMS
TO RUN AND NOT BE WEARY
NOT ONLY WILL GOD GIVES US ACCELREATION
TO RUN AND NOT BE WEARY
BUT THE TEXT IS ALSO TAILORED TO TEACH US
GOD WILL GIVE US ENDURATION
ISAIAH TELLS
THAT WE shall walk, and not faint.
