Monday, April 08, 2013

He never grows weak or weary.


Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
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Isn't a good nap a wonderful luxury? Isn't it wonderful to sleep peacefully and to rest your weary body and wake refreshed? I often find myself at the end of my energy. Even this morning in reading the Bible and writing this blog I've felt exhausted, and that was after a restful weekend. But I know where to turn to be refreshed!

God in heaven is never weary. God in heaven never grows tired or needs a rest because he is weak. He never wears out.

Don't you just love to learn a new morsel of truth? Aren't you thrilled to gain a bit of understanding? Have you ever had one of those eureka moments when you've discovered something you didn't know before and it all fits together so much better now that you understand?

God already knows everything. Nothing can be added to his knowledge. No new truth will enlighten God. God cannot be taught something he does not already know.

God is the creator of all that is, all that has ever been, and all there will ever be! Goodness, love, wisdom, understanding, light and life all find their source in God. He lacks nothing and nothing is without him.

God does not need you to inform him of anything. God knows the deepest secrets of your heart.

God's immense vastness is infinite and unfathomable.

You are no match for God. God is eternal. God is outside of the confines of time and space. God is not hampered by a lack of time. 

Oh small person in a vast universe, you need God's strength. And rejoice, for God has promised his limitless strength will lift you up. When you grow weary, God will give you help. 

Don't trust in your own strength. Teach yourself to humble yourself before God who knows all. He can enlighten you. You will not find the ability to carry on in yourself. You will fail in your own strength. You will run out of resources. But those who rest in God will never run out of resources.

Give up what little you have to gain what cannot be measured!


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Isaiah 40:12-31 NLT

Who else has held the oceans in his hand? Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers? Who else knows the weight of the earth or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale? Who is able to advise the Spirit of the Lord? Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him? Has the Lord ever needed anyone’s advice? Does he need instruction about what is good? Did someone teach him what is right or show him the path of justice? No, for all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand. All the wood in Lebanon’s forests and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough to make a burnt offering worthy of our God. The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing— mere emptiness and froth. To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him? Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains? Or if people are too poor for that, they might at least choose wood that won’t decay and a skilled craftsman to carve an image that won’t fall down! 

Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand? Are you deaf to the words of God— the words he gave before the world began? Are you so ignorant? God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them. He judges the great people of the world and brings them all to nothing. They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he blows on them and they wither. The wind carries them off like chaff. “To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One. Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

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