Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
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He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31
Life is not always rosy as one would expect it to be. There are times of joy and times of sorrows and calamities. In times of joy, it is easy to praise God and to thank Him for His blessings. It can be difficult to do the same in challenging times. You can lose your focus during this time and may even question the existence of God. But in such times, you need God's help the most because He knows and sees what you are going through and He has prepared a way of escape and deliverance for you. It is the time to remember that He has promised to take you through the waters, the fires, and the shadows of death and they shall in no means hurt you. You must only remain firm in your faith in Him. Have faith in His ability to deliver you in times of trials and tribulations. Job, the faithful man of God, in the Bible, knew His God to the fullest degree possible so he did not waver in his faith in even though he lost all his possessions and children. He was rewarded for his abiding faith with several folds of blessings that could not be compared to the initial one.
Israel went through a difficult time and they began to question if God really was with them. It was at this point that Isaiah, the prophet, queried them by asking, "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable." We will never understand the ways of the Lord. Why do the righteous suffer or why are some poor? Every thing that happens in life is a piece of the puzzle that is needed to bring you closer to the ultimate destiny ordained by God for you. He created you and He even knows the number of hairs on your head. So why worry if you are on the Lord's side!
The hymn writer, Frances Ridley Havergal
Fierce may be the conflict,
Strong may be the foe,
But the King’s own army
None can overthrow.
Round His standard ranging
Victory is secure,
For His truth unchanging
Makes the triumph sure.
When you are on the Lord's side, the battle may sometimes be fierce but because the Lord is your captain, you know that victory is secured. We know no defeat, we know no defeat; Jesus is our captain and we know no defeat!
Wait on the Lord and trust in His ultimate deliverance, for "He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength." He would give you enough grace to walk through the challenge until you are victorious. He will renew your strength like that of an eagle and you would soar higher and higher above all the problems. Your weaknesses would be turned into strengths. Its is then that you would understand that "His understanding is unsearchable." Challenges in life come to remind us of the need to totally depend on the Lord. Paul summarized it clearly in 2 Corinthians 12:8-10:
"Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong."
May the Lord grant you sufficient grace and strength to go through any challenges and trials that may come your way. Stay focus like Job and it will be well with your soul.
Your victory is secured in Jesus' name. Amen!
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