Isaiah 40:27-31
27 Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel,"My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”?28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope 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 be faint.
Have you ever felt like that? I can identify with verse 27 in that I have felt like that from time to time. Like somehow God is distant and not concerned or not present. That somehow my problems and my hurts are to small for Him. But is the problem really that God is distant or does not care? Or is the problem that I am distant and have walked away from truth. The Israelite people of the old testament are all to familiar with walking away from God and turning to other things, people rather than turning to God. I too am all to familiar with that response.
But I am reminded as God reminds His people that He has not left them, that He is not to weak or weary to be concerned and that His ways are not my ways. God has a purpose for my life and for everything that happens in my life. And as I walk this path of life he promises to give me strength. God is all powerful and able to extend that power to me in times of need and hardship. I can take comfort in knowing He is there, that He is concerned and that He longs to come along side of me and give me strength to face each moment of my life.
May this song encourage you today as it has me:
